The Importance Of Family Life

A family unit is the unit which builds up a person s personality. How you behave and what you become in life is very much dependent on your family life. Psychologists believe that a child learns the most from his or her family life. The way your family members deal with you has a lifelong effect on your personality. Keeping in view all these facts the importance of your family life cannot be denied. Family unit happens to be the most important part of your life till you grow up. The children are usually closer to their parents and their siblings as compared to any other person in the world. As the children grow up they find good friends, spouses, their own kids and colleagues to share their lives with. Although time brings this change but the importance of family remains there. The children who have a sound family background and who belong to a family with strong family ties are almost always happier. Thus one cannot deny the importance of family life. The life with your family is very important it plays a major role in your development into the person you become. The goals you set for yourself in your life are very much dependent on the life you have with your family. Those children who belong to the families which have a rich education background tend to learn more. They are interested in learning more and thus it is easy for their parents to get them educated. Similarly, for example, children who belong to a family from which a few of the people are in the field of professional sports, the kids tend to have an interest in sports and they also plan to go into the same field. The sons and daughters of stars from the film industries usually plan to follow the suit of their parents. Thus it is the effect of your family life which guides you to decide what profession you want to do as an adult. Family life is also important in the sense that it gives you your basic strength as a person. The people who have a smooth and well settled family life are generally less scared of life. Those who are a part of a broken family are generally less confident. These people always expect the worst in life. This is a general state of mind which results in building up of a negative personality. Family life is also important to people as it is the part of our life which has more effect on us compared to any other part of our life. The way a mother treats her kids is

actually the deciding factor of what those kids will be like as human beings when they grow up. As important as family life is, it is a big problem in the world of today where the family units are breaking up more often and the divorce rates have grown very high. The higher divorce rates result in more broken families that in turn lead to a lot more number of children who suffer through this insecurity in their early ages and as a result they are not that stable. These people tend to have a variety of fears and insecurity. They do not have the courage to face their life. As family life plays a very important role in shaping you as a person, lack of security in your family life makes you a bit unstable as a person. In today s world a big social problem is that the family unit is not being considered as important by the people as it used to be. In many parts of the world the time period for which people live together as a family is shrinking. The family life adds a sense of responsibility in your personality which lacks in those people who have not had a very nice family life.

Family Life In Todays World

A healthy family unit is very important for every human being. Our family members are those persons to whom we are related by blood. People of one family usually share the place they live in; they share their surnames. A major chunk of time of their lives is shared with each other as well. Family unit is very important to people as it is the basic tool that shapes you as a person. Your personality development is very much dependent upon it. If a person has seen a secure family life with lots of love and affection, he or she will be more aggressive and positively driven towards life. Your family is the group of people you can trust the most. These are the people who add meaning to your life. A person can survive through very tough times if he or she has a supportive family. All these factors and many more make your family life important to you. Psychologically, those people are stronger and better equipped to face the ups and downs of life who have a nice family with strong ties with each other.

The family unit is the most important social unit in most of the countries of the world.Every culture promotes the importance of family. These people who share their lives with us are important to us. These people, our family members, add meaning to our lives. Family is considered to be the most important unit from the point of view of demography. Every country tries to promote the concept of a strong family unit as this is a major social strength of human beings. From the historic past, the family unit has been considered the most important part of anyones life. Todays world is a changed world. It is no more like the world we had just fifty years back. It is much more innovative. The technology is much more advanced now. People, as well as the ways of life, have changed. The improvement in the field of science has worked wonders in more than one dimension of human life. As a result the pace of life is now much faster. This fast pace has hit the family unit directly. In many countries the average number of years a family used to spend together before the partial disintegration is shrinking. In most countries now, people leave their parents home earlier than they did in the past. In todays world the importance of the family unit has increased as much as the unit has been damaged by the faster pace of life. People living in different countries now understand it much better that there are a lot of benefits and good things attached to a sound family unit existence in the society. The family unit structure in a country makes the people more responsible. As every one is related to every one else in a home, they help each other in doing everything together. The love people feel for their family members helps them ignore their shortcomings. This is the origin of peace and harmony. When you start caring about others more than you care about yourself, peace is bound to be there. Although people understand the importance of family life today, the major issue is that the number of family units which are happy with each other is decreasing all around the globe. This problem is not related to any particular nation or people from any one culture. The whole world is going through this problem these days. People are suffering from different psychological disorders of high intensity because they do not get the much required love, attention and affection which comes so easily with the stable family unit. If we want to reduce such problems from our world today, we need to understand the practical importance of the family unit. We need the family ties today more than ever.

Family Today in Different Regions of the World

A family unit is undoubtedly the most important unit in human social life. Our family members are the people to whom we are related due to our blood ties. The people who belong to one family share the place in which they live, as well as surnames and the experience of their lives. Family units are important they play a very prominent role in building the personality of a person. Everyone experiences family life. For some this experience is very good and it brings positism to their lives, while others suffer just because the family unit to which they belong is not the one which can give them much-needed love and affection. What you become in your life and how you behave is very much dependent upon your family life. Thus we can easily say that family life is very important to everyone. Children from broken families suffer a lot. They are not that confident when they move on and face the world. They often expect that the world will not treat them in a fair manner. This psychological complexity develops due to the lack of the care and protection that only a healthy family unit can provide. In the world of today we can say that family life is even more important. As the number of broken families is on a rise, so is the rate of crime in our societies. The kids who suffer in their childhood because their families lack in some aspect may not be able to become very good human beings. Thus we have to fight against the trend due to which the family ties are dissolving fast and blood relations are losing their meaning to people. Although all the different cultures and countries promote family life, there are very peculiar differences in the way people behave in their families in different parts of the world. Broadly speaking, we can divide the world in two parts. One part is the highly developed part of the world where some say the family unit is losing its grip over the society. The other part of the world is the part in which people are still trying to retain the roots. They are still related to their family and the family bondage is as sacred to them today as it was many years back. These two extremes exist very clearly in the world. The first part of the world, where family ties seem to be no longer that important, are the more developed parts of Europe and America. The countries in these parts of the world experience disintegration of a family as soon as the kids complete their education and start earning. A few decades back even in Europe it was not

very common to leave your parents until you needed to. Now it is sort of a fashion to start living separately, and many times in a city other than the hometown. This creates a gap between the parents and the kids. A few countries exist which fall in the same developed part of the world, but these are able to retain the family unit culture to some extent. For example, in Spain a joint family system still exists. In other parts of the world, the situation is not the same. In some parts of the world the family units are as important to people living in those areas as they were a few decades back. These countries include many Asian and African countries. Strangely, most of these countries are underdeveloped or developing countries. If you observe the continent of North America in detail, you will observe that the trend pertaining to family structure and family life is very different between the industrialized urban areas and the countryside. Similarly, if you consider other parts of the world you will observe that there is a mixture oftrends. In some countries the family unit is being promoted so that the social life remains peaceful, while in other countries independence is being promoted which in turn loosens the blood ties.

Cracks in A Family Unit

In recent years, trends in family life have changed a bit all around the globe. All cultures promote the family life and all of these cultures appreciate close relationships between the members of a family. But in the recent past it has been apparent that family life is not that important to many people now. This is very important overall. If you look at the demographic figures of any country, the most important figure which is considered to be the most relevant indicator of peace and harmony existing in a society is the existence of family units. The family unit is the most important group of people in anyones life, especially when you are a kid. People learn a lot from the family environment, and the ties which exist between the members of a family are responsible in building a person. The way he or she will behave as an adult is very much a result of the family life experience. It is a big social problem that now our family unit is not very important to people. The importance in the society is still there; it is even more than yesterday. But to some individuals family is not as important as it used to be. Almost all the cultures and societies are experiencing these cracks in the family unit. We need to understand how damaging these cracks can be to our culture.

The disadvantages of not having the strong ties with your family members can only be understood by taking a look at the advantages which strong family ties give to a society and to a culture. In different parts of the world, the way families live is different. In the more developed regions of the world it is no longer the typical and traditional family. It is a bit different than that now. People are responsible for each other, but to a much lesser extent. This results in a lack of sense of responsibilities, and those individuals can damage our society. The cracks in a family unit can affect the culture and society. It has been observed that crime rate is higher in the countries where people do not consider their families to be very important to them. In such cultures people usually start working for themselves as soon as they can. This is a good thing at one end, as due to this the country achieves economic stability. On the other hand this practice is dangerous as people become too independent and there remains no meaning in the concept of family ties. This is the time we should question ourselves what the effects are of loosened family ties to our society and culture. When you look into this matter in detail you observe that people may have earned a bit more space for themselves by being independent and by being able to earn more, but there is generally a lack of satisfaction in the world of today. As you start believing in not doing things for others and doing everything for yourself, you start losing the zest for life. The cracks in family units may develop due to the lack of understanding between the family members. It is not healthy. You must talk to each other; you must discuss and decide what should be done. The goal for all the family members should be to bring your family even closer.

Building Strong Ties Within A Family

The culture and society of a nation is very much affected by the way the families live in that country. Family life is important. People become what they become because of what the family life teaches them. A family unit is capable of teaching a person more than any other group of people in his life. There are certain steps which should be taken to ensure the stability of relations and stronger ties among the members of a family. You should avoid all such practices which can create problems in your family life.

There is no doubt about the importance of family unit existence in this world. As the world is changing today at a very fast pace, it is important that you put some effort into building a family life for yourself and your family. You may need to put a lot of effort in at some stages. But the efforts you make will result in a family with stronger bondage with each other. This will in turn enrich your experience with your family. Living a life which is full of love and care is a dream for all of us. It is very important to everyone. There is no doubt about it that the family unit is the most important unit from the point of view of demography. It is a very important social and cultural concept. The way family members behave with each other affects the way a culture or a society flourishes. All these factors lead us to the conclusion that family unit is a very important. We must keep on assessing ourselves as to whether we are able to provide our share of responsibility in making our family a happier one or not. We also should assess our family members and talk to them about making the family ties even stronger. We must create understanding between the members of the family. If the people belonging to a family understand each other, the ties of the family will automatically be stronger. To build strong ties with in your family you need to spend time with each other. It may not be possible for every one to stay together at all the times. But there can be at least one time of the day when all of you can sit together to chat casually with each other., for example, many eastern families have dinner together so that every one can discuss whatever is going on in life with the other members of the family. This is important. In this way you are able to keep each other informed about what you are doping and what they plan to do. You can build your relationship as a family and make it stronger by giving the other members of the family both the space to breathe as well as the closeness and trust to feel comfortable. Mutual trust and interdependence is a must to create the ideal family unit. Although you need to be together more often than not, it is very important that every member of the family is given due privacy and breathing space. This will result in a better atmosphere in the family. All the members of the family will love these ties as these ties will help them whenever they are in need but they will still have their own space. It is important that we respect each others privacy. This is the only way we can bring all the family members closer to each other. Similarly there are certain other practices which can help in building a stronger

family unit. You need to give your family members a level of confidence as well as lots of unconditional love. These factors add life and zest to your family life. Family unit is a very important unit and it plays a very important role in shaping up your personality. This unit must be given all due importance.