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Student ID: 1905504

Student Name: Patrick Chibabula

Course Code: CTP401

Course Title: Relationship, Marriage, and Family Life

Instructor Name: Rev. Laban Shamuteya

Essay/Assignment Title: Ideal Family and Sociological Consequences

Due Date: March 7, 2022

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This assignment is going to describe an ideal family that I anticipate to have, and

highlight some sociological challenges from my childhood that might hinder me from being a

good player of my roles in my family setup in as far as intimacy is concerned. The reminder of

this paper is structured as follows; In the first section, the paper will introduce a family. The next

section will describe an ideal family I intend to have. The third session will define sociological

challenges and highlight some of the sociological challenges from my childhood that might

hinder me from being a good player of my roles in my family setup in as far as intimacy is

concerned, and the conclusion in the last section.

Family

Social conservatives often define the family as a "traditional" nuclear family structure in

which each family member has a certain job to play (like father, mother, or child). Sociologists,

on the other hand, tend to define family in terms of how members interact with one another

rather than a rigid set of status duties (Haak, 2012). According to Acevedo (2012), a family is a

socially recognized group that is linked by blood, marriage, or adoption and functions as an

emotional and economic unit of society. Sociologists also distinguish between various forms of

families based on how one joins them. As a result, the following is a depiction of my ideal

family.

My Ideal Family

According to Alsoadmin (2021), an ideal family is one in which each member has a high

level of mutual understanding. They have no arguments, spend time with each other, chat to one

other every day, and are always willing to help one another. In this way, my ideal family will re-
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assure one another and provide emotional stability. They will frequently demonstrate how they

feel by displaying their warm welcome, affection, and admiration for one another. Whether you

succeed or fail, unconditional love and affection will remain constant. My ideal family will place

a high value on family members getting together to boost each other up and assist each other in

whatever manner possible (T, 2012).

As parents, my wife and I will strive to retain a high level of self-esteem and self-

confidence, to the point that we will practically influence and urge our children to think and feel

the same way. Will also instill in our children a sense of humility and the belief that failure is not

the end of the world. "It takes a village to raise a child," as the phrase goes, and this is true for

my ideal family since we will build a name for ourselves in the social society. We will always be

there to lend a helping hand to those in need. We will appreciate becoming a part of other

people's lives as much as we will enjoy our own family's closeness and unity (Williams & C.M.,

2009).

Sociological Consequences and Being a Good Player of my Roles in My Family Setup

Positive selection forces on personality traits that make an individual more pleasant as a

partner would be relatively weak on personality traits that make an individual more pleasant as a

partner in the ancestral context, where the benefits of having a family largely outweighed the

costs of having unpleasant personality traits (Haak, 2012). Growing up without both parents has

made me an insecure, clinging person who does not believe in love, qualities that will limit my

ability to maintain an intimate connection if my partners are unwilling to ignore them. Apart

from that, I come from a culture where divorce and gender-based violence are common, and this

has influenced my views on marriage and personal relationships.

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Conclusion

In summary, this assignment described an ideal family that I anticipate to have, and

highlighted some sociological challenges from my childhood that might hinder me from being a

good player of my roles in my family setup in as far as intimacy is concerned. The reminder of

this paper was structured as follows; In the first section, the paper introduced a family. The next

section described an ideal family I intend to have. The third session highlighted some of the

sociological challenges from my childhood that might hinder me from being a good player of my

roles in my family setup in as far as intimacy is concerned.

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References

Acevedo, B. A. (2012). Neural correlates of long-term intense romantic love. Social Cognitive

and Affective Neuroscience, 145-159.

Alsoadmin. (2021, September 27). AlsoAnswers.com. Retrieved from Google.com:

www.alsoanswers.com

Haak, W. e. (2012, November 17). Proceedings of the National Association of Sciences,.

Retrieved from Google scholar : www.pnas.org/content/105/47/18226.

T, P. (2012). The social structure of the family: The Family: Its Function and Destiny . New

York: Harper Publishing Inc.

Williams, B. S., & C.M., W. (2009). Marriages, Families and Intimate Relationships. New

York: Pearson Inc.

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