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An "entropic family" is one that loses its sense of emotional closeness because members neglect the family’s inner life and community ties. Social scientists now agree that effective family traditions promote a sense of identity and a feeling of closeness, a sense of security and assurance in today’s fast, hectic, and ever-changing world.
Research on the history of the family crosses disciplines and cultures, aiming to understand the structure and function of the family from many viewpoints. For example, sociological , ecological or economical perspectives are used to view the interrelationships between the individual, their relatives, and the historical time. [ 1 ]
Family (from Latin: familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. [1] Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as members mature and learn to participate in the community. [2]
Family structure is changing drastically and there is a vast variety of different family structures: "The modern family is increasingly complex and has changed profoundly, with greater acceptance for unmarried cohabitation, divorce, single-parent families, same-sex partnerships and complex extended family relations. Grandparents are also doing ...
Journal of Marriage and the Family (1981): 489-519. online; Gutman, Herbert G. The Black family in slavery and freedom, 1750-1925 (Vintage, 1977). Hareven, Tamara K. "The history of the family and the complexity of social change." American Historical Review 96.1 (1991): 95-124. Hareven, Tamara K. "The home and the family in historical perspective."
The family, who has requested privacy, issued a statement saying, “The entire family are devastated at the tragic news of Ed’s death in New Orleans. He was a wonderful son, brother, grandson ...
In its most common usage, the term nuclear family refers to a household consisting of a father, a mother, and their children, [5] all in one household dwelling. [4] George Murdock, an observer of families, offered an early description: The family is a social group characterized by common residence, economic cooperation and reproduction.
A multi-generational extended family of Eastern Orthodox priest in Jerusalem, c. 1893. Family is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity (by recognized birth), affinity (by marriage), or co-residence/shared consumption (see Nurture kinship). In most societies, it is the principal institution for the socialization of children.