The function of family

Family is a social life unit based on marriage, consanguinity or adoption, with emotion as the link and relatives as the link. Family is the existence of happy life.

Family can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense, and narrow sense refers to the social unit composed of monogamy; Broadly speaking, it refers to various family interest groups in different stages of human evolution, that is, families.

In terms of social settings, family is one of the most basic social settings, and it is the most basic and important system and group form of human beings.

Functionally speaking, family is the socialization of children, the support of the elderly, and the basic unit for human intimacy to meet economic cooperation. In terms of relationship, family is the same group where people with marriage, consanguinity and adoption have lived together for a long time.

Family maintenance

1, economic function. The economic function is the foundation for a family to operate, because the economic foundation determines the superstructure. Only with a good economic foundation can parents better educate their children and give them a better life, but there is no exact standard between the rich and the poor.

2. Support and improve functions. In a complete marriage, it is very likely that you need to take the responsibility of raising the next generation, and when your children grow up, they will also support themselves, thus forming a virtuous circle in a family.

3. Educational function. In a family, the best thing for everyone is to educate each other. Whether as elders or juniors, we can learn something from each other, which can not only enhance our feelings, but also broaden our knowledge. Therefore, the educational function in the family is very important.

But in any case, although family is a vague concept, it has exact members, and each member has its own unique characteristics. Therefore, if a family wants to live in harmony, we must help and care for each other, so as to create a good family atmosphere.