Monday, May 26, 2014

Family (for extra credits)

Family

 The family is a social institution that is defined by the social functions it is expected to perform: reproducing, socializing the young, regulating sexual behavior, acting as a major concentration of productive work, and protecting children and providing emotional comfort and support for adults. There are many different kinds of families in societies around the world, including nuclear families, extended families, compound families, single-parent families, divorced families, etc.

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