CONCEPT PAPER ABOUT FAMILY

All over the world, people live in groups called families. Sometimes a family can mean just three

people- a child, a mother and a father. In other places many children, father and mother all living

together as one big family. There are other families in which a child can have six or seven

‘mothers’ and ‘fathers’, and dozens of ‘brothers’ and ‘sisters’. Some family groups live in the

same places all their lives. In other parts of the world, families are always travelling about,

searching for food or for new grazing ground for their animals. These are families on the moves

or nomads. But wherever and however they live, all families are the same in many ways. They

are all groups of people who mean a lot to each other, who do things together and who share a

way of life. They all have rules to make it easier to live and work and play together. In these

ways, all families are very much alike. 

Family is the basic unit of society. In its minimal form, family may consists of a husband, wife

and children. In its widest sense, it refers to all relatives of several generations connected to each

other by blood, marriage, or adoption. A family unit takes birth with living together of legally

wedded couple under one roof. They not only share common residence but also cooperate with

each other physically, emotionally, socially, and economically. They fulfill each other’s need and

aspirations. Having a children gives completeness to the family. Furthermore strengthens the

affection between husband and wife and their respective families. There are six characteristics of

family. These are universality, emotional basis, limited size, and nuclear position in social

structure, social regulation, and its permanent and temporary nature. The general characteristics

of the family are Mating relationship- a family is born when a man and woman get married

according to prescribed social norms, Common habitation- family members usually share a

common residence in which husband, wife, their children and other relatives live together,
Reckoning of descent- the children inherit either father’s name and property or mother’s name

and property, depending on the local tradition, and Economic system- every family makes

provision to look after economic needs of its members. Families also comes in two different

sizes- big and small. The advantage of having a lot of brothers and sisters is your life will be

ecstatic. The first thing is, we will never feel solitary because they will make you smile.

Secondly, helping with each other in doing the household chores. Lastly, helping each other with

their homework. Person who lives in a large family is more responsible and sociable than

somebody who was always an only child. The way we communicate affects every individual

especially our family. A family with poor communication and unhealthy relationship will often

negatively affect their children. Very little conversation between family members is yet another

form of negative communication.  Because of poor communication and unhealthy relationships,

children will have a higher risk of a negative outcome in their future.

Therefore I conclude that family plays a vital role in the formation of human society by binding

men, women and their children in a stable relationship with each other. It is called the nursery of

human nature because the manner in which the children are brought up in a family decides to

great extent, the way they react to different situations. In other words, the family lays down the

foundation of human personality. Love, joy and care is always within the family. Those are the

things that makes them stronger forever even though there are lots of hindrances we are facing

right now.