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Family is a social unit in the society which can be defined as ‘two or more individuals living together in the same house or shelter, who are related to each other by marriage or blood or by adoption processes. The relationships among the family members are intensified and stronger than any other social organization. In the family the members perform the important functions of a social unit like procreation, protection, education, recreation, economic etc. Family life is something like answering questions, what we want from life? How to differentiate between important and unimportant tasks. How to identity priorities in life? Etc. Answers to these questions provide direction to life in the changing world.
Human needs and desires change through time, research and progress. New inventions, new sources of power are discovered. Accordingly the family systems life style and living changes. Family is an important unit in everybody’s life and it also changes its behavior with the changing world due to application of natural and human forces. Floods, storms, earthquakes are the examples of natural forces, where as mobility, technological advancements, population growth etc. are human forces. The job, family occupation, income, location of the job, other social amenities etc. are the deciding factors of a person to choose the type of family life he or she wants. The research conducted by Hill discovered that family policies are the influential factors in attaining successful family life. Families having consistent policies about use of resources like money, time etc. are more successful in adjusting to change than who do not have such policies. Some examples of family policies are when to go for loans to achieve a goal, which needs are to be considered as priorities of the family, etc.
The family members share the resources and work towards common goals of the family. The present society is greatly influenced by the technological advancement, industrialization and westernization. The livelihood is changing so fast that there is no similarity between each generation childhood and old age. The needs have changed the use of resources, have changed and the priorities and capabilities of human beings have changed to a great extent. Ultimately the quality of life is changing along with the changing world.
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