Together with your Family

You and your Family

Everyone of us has their own family. It is a special blessing from God. All of us mold our attitude, intelligence, and skills with our Family. That is why, FAMILY IS IMPORTANT...... But what is FAMILY?

In human context, a family (from Latin: familia) is a group of people affiliated byconsanguinity (by recognized birth), affinity (by marriage), or co-residence/shared consumption (see Nurture kinship). Members of the immediate family may include a spouse, parent, brother and sister, and son and daughter. Members of the extended family may include grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, nephew and niece, or sibling-in-law. In most societies the family is the principal institution for the socialization of children. As the basic unit for raising children, anthropologists most generally classify family organization as matrifocal (a mother and her children); conjugal (a husband, his wife, and children; also called nuclear family); avuncular (for example, a grandparent, a brother, his sister, and her children); or extended family in which parents and children co-reside with other members of one parent's family. As a unit of socialization, the family is the object of analysis for anthropologists andsociologists of the family. Sexual relations among the members are regulated by rules concerning incest such as the incest taboo. Family also spend time together to know each other.

"Family" is used metaphorically to create more inclusive categories such ascommunity, nationhood, global village and humanism.

Genealogy is a field which aims to trace family lineages through history.

Family is also an important economic unit studied in family economics.

Different types of Family: 
Nuclear Family

The nuclear family is the traditional type of family structure. This family type consists of two parents and children. The nuclear family was long held in esteem by society as being the ideal in which to raise children. Children in nuclear families receive strength and stability from the two-parent structure and generally have more opportunities due to the financial ease of two adults. According to U.S. Census, almost 70 percent of children live in a nuclear family unit.

Single Parent Family

The single parent family consists of one parent raising one or more children on his own. Often, a single parent family is a mother with her children, although there are single fathers as well. The single parent family is the biggest change society has seen in terms of the changes in family structures. One in four children is born to a single mother. Single parent families are generally close and find ways to work together to solve problems, such as dividing up household chores. When only one parent is at home, it may be a struggle to find childcare, as there is only one parent working. This limits income and opportunities in many cases, although many single parent families have help from relatives and friends.

Extended Family

The extended family structure consists of two or more adults who are related, either by blood or marriage, living in the same home. This family includes many relatives living together and working toward common goals, such as raising the children and keeping up with the household duties. Many extended families include cousins, aunts or uncles and grandparents living together. This type of family structure may form due to financial difficulties or because older relatives are unable to care for themselves alone. Extended families are becoming increasingly common all over the world.

Childless Family

While most people think of family as including children, there are couples who either cannot or choose not to have children. The childless family is sometimes the "forgotten family," as it does not meet the traditional standards set by society. Childless families consist of a husband and wife living and working together. Many childless families take on the responsibility of pet ownership or have extensive contact with their nieces and nephews as a substitute for having their own children.

Stepfamily

Over half of all marriages end in divorce, and many of these individuals choose to get remarried. This creates the stepfamily, which involves two separate families merging into one new unit. It consists of a new husband and wife and their children from previous marriages or relationships. Stepfamilies are about as common as the nuclear family, although they tend to have more problems, such as adjustment periods and discipline issues. Stepfamilies need to learn to work together and also work with their exes to ensure these family units run smoothly.

Quotes about FAMILY 

Family is not an important thing. It's everything.

Michael J. Fox

If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

I'll never stop dreaming that one day we can be a real family, together, all of us laughing and talking, loving and understanding, not looking at the past but only to the future.

LaToya Jackson

Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.

Margaret Mead

A home with a loving and loyal husband and wife is the supreme setting in which children can be reared in love and righteousness and in which the spiritual and physical needs of children can be met.

David A. Bednar

Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.

David Ogden Stiers

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

George Santayana

To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.

Barbara Bush

For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.

Christina Rossetti

In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.

Alex Haley

I'm thankful to God for having a family that's been there for me. He's been there from the time I was a child to even now with my family helping with my little boy. It's worth more than words could ever describe. That's one of the ways I've been able to stay grounded is thanks to family and God.

Ashton Shepherd

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.

Lee Iacocca

When you have a godly husband, a godly wife, children who respect their parents and who are loved by their parents, who provide for those children their physical and spiritual and material needs, lovingly, you have the ideal unit.Jerry Falwell

Videos that will inspire you

 No matter how big or small our families are, it is important to share quality time and make priceless memories with them.Let's try to remember that it's not so much about the feast, but more about the precious time we spend together with our families.

        A loving father can sacrifice for his daughter/son.

This is a beautiful story of a father and son who don't see eye-to-eye and forget what family is.

“A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no aw, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.”– Agatha Christie

          "Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes,                              adventurers, story-tellers, singers of songs."

                                                                           - Pam Brown

http://www.thoughts-about-god.com/quotes/quotes-fathers.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGn07xlOrAA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dePmC_mE-b4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BZmuz88KEY

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/topic_family.html
http://family.lovetoknow.com/about-family-values/types-family-structures