7. One parent & one or more children
Result from
• Divorce, separation, death or
unmarried
Most commonly headed by mother
Everything falls on parent; children may
be given more responsibility than most
Fewer resources
9. Consists of husband and wife, of whom
one or both have been married before.
Includes children from one or more
previous marriages
Parents share responsibility
Children have more adult resources
with added family
Adjustments of step-parent/children
15. —Functions of a Family
physical maintenance and care of family
members;
addition of new members through
adoption or procreation;
socialization of children;
social control of its members;
production, consumption and distribution
of goods and services; and
affective nurturance (love).
17. Family is the most universal and fundamental social
institution which performs a variety of functions in
human society. Different sociologists have viewed or
classified the functions of family into two important
types are as follows:
● Essential Functions of Family
Stable satisfaction of Sexual needs
Procreation and Rearing of Children
Provision of Home
Socialization
● Non-essential Functions of a Family
Economic functions
Educational functions
Religious functions
Health related functions
Recreational function
Cultural functions
Social functions
18. Stable satisfaction of Sexual needs
This is the most important essential function of
Family has been performing this functions since the
inceptions of human civilization.
19. Procreation and Rearing of Children
It is another important sectional function of family
Necessary arrangement of stable satisfaction of sexual
procreation. Family provides the
legitimate basis for production of children. It
institutionalizes the process of procreation. By
performing this function of procreation family
contributes to the continuity of family and ultimately
human race. Hence perpetuation of human race or
society is the most important function of family.
20. Provision of Home
Family perform another important function of
providing a home for common living to all it’s
members. It is only in a home that children are
born and brought up. Even if children are born
in hospitals in modern time still, they are
taken care of and properly nourished in a
home only. Because family and a home have
no substitute.
21. Socialization:
It is another important essential function of
man is not born human but made human.
baby became human being after they are
plays an important role in the
socialization process.
22. Families are the basic, foundational social
units in all human communities around
the world, and healthy individuals within
healthy families are at the core of a
healthy society. Families are our most
intimate social environment. They are the
places where we begin the vital
processes of socializing our children and
teaching them – in partnership with
countless others in a community – how to
survive and thrive in the world.
Importance of Family
Editor's Notes
What are some positives and negatives about living in each type of family?
