How Critical is the Role of the Family?
In our modern society, i believe the most highly held in esteem will be our career, followed by money den family. Is family bonds gettin less and less important in the eyes of society? Let us all not forget our roots.Who we are now, is mostly dependent on how much effort our family has put in us, how they have nutured us, protect us from the dangers lurking in our living enviroment.
The moment at which we entered the society, we are probably the most immature animals
born. Helpless kittens can leave home at six weeks. within hours of birth, ants can help contribute to their fellows by helping to carry the food load.What about the most intelligent- mankind? The only thing that babies can do will perhaps be only, crying. we cry when we are hungry, when we are sick and when we pooed, etc. Imagine the effort and workload that parents have to handle when they take care of us as babies. Even till the age of 18, we are probably still staying with their parents, living on them and and taken care by them. Our family will always strive their best to ensure that we can survive and become adult members of the society.
The fact that we are born, is the result of consummation by our parents where two fuses as one. The sexual activity that they engage in, is usually expected to take place within a marriage relationship.Families exist to control sexual behavious so that the new offsprings are as healthy as possible. In Singapore, families play a major role in society in that they produce the future pillars of our country and increase the birth rate so as to maximise the potential of opur economy.
Children are born egocentric, believing themselves to be the centre of everything that takes place around them. Their most important 'trainers' who will teach them the rules of society are most likely their family members. Family members teach the children the social norms and manners so that they can fit better into the society they live in. This is extremely important as the critical years of an individual, when one's character is moulded is the time spent with the family as a young child. And with influence from the media, it is even more critical that parents discipline and inculcate the correct values in their children. In Nepal, nature is the parent of the children in that their biological parents did not really parent them. Thus when they come to Singapore to study, most of them are often the more ill-behaved lot in the class. This is due to the fact that they are often distracted by the media here, which is limited in their rural home.
Very often, children turn to theur family for financial support. Families provide money, food and shelter for the children. When they enter tertiary institutions such as universities, where tuition fees are hefty sums of money, family provides them the financial capacity to advance themselves academically. Who else in the world will be willing to help ease such a burden when money is a sensitive topic that is usually avoided?
People need to feel love and wanted, especially the very young. Family is by far where people usually form their strongest emotional bonds. A research conducted revealed that children will find it difficult to learn how to love and care for others if they have never been taught how to care and love for others. A newspaper report in Strait Times in 2002 has also reported that a serial murderer actually came from a single parent family where he was frequently abused by his father when in a druken state. This goes to show the importance of family love.
Family provides us with a sense of purpose and position within the society. It is where one is bonded and wanted and that such bonds that an individual has can help one to improve oneself - students are known to finish assignments, do well for tests and exams because of their family. As the popular saying goes, "blood is thicker than water". Children will hence excel according to family expectations due to strong bonds forged with other members of the family.
In conclusion, family plays a critical role not just in the lives of individuals but also hold key roles in society. Those who dispute their importance are in the minority.
In our modern society, i believe the most highly held in esteem will be our career, followed by money den family. Is family bonds gettin less and less important in the eyes of society? Let us all not forget our roots.Who we are now, is mostly dependent on how much effort our family has put in us, how they have nutured us, protect us from the dangers lurking in our living enviroment.
The moment at which we entered the society, we are probably the most immature animals
born. Helpless kittens can leave home at six weeks. within hours of birth, ants can help contribute to their fellows by helping to carry the food load.What about the most intelligent- mankind? The only thing that babies can do will perhaps be only, crying. we cry when we are hungry, when we are sick and when we pooed, etc. Imagine the effort and workload that parents have to handle when they take care of us as babies. Even till the age of 18, we are probably still staying with their parents, living on them and and taken care by them. Our family will always strive their best to ensure that we can survive and become adult members of the society.
The fact that we are born, is the result of consummation by our parents where two fuses as one. The sexual activity that they engage in, is usually expected to take place within a marriage relationship.Families exist to control sexual behavious so that the new offsprings are as healthy as possible. In Singapore, families play a major role in society in that they produce the future pillars of our country and increase the birth rate so as to maximise the potential of opur economy.
Children are born egocentric, believing themselves to be the centre of everything that takes place around them. Their most important 'trainers' who will teach them the rules of society are most likely their family members. Family members teach the children the social norms and manners so that they can fit better into the society they live in. This is extremely important as the critical years of an individual, when one's character is moulded is the time spent with the family as a young child. And with influence from the media, it is even more critical that parents discipline and inculcate the correct values in their children. In Nepal, nature is the parent of the children in that their biological parents did not really parent them. Thus when they come to Singapore to study, most of them are often the more ill-behaved lot in the class. This is due to the fact that they are often distracted by the media here, which is limited in their rural home.
Very often, children turn to theur family for financial support. Families provide money, food and shelter for the children. When they enter tertiary institutions such as universities, where tuition fees are hefty sums of money, family provides them the financial capacity to advance themselves academically. Who else in the world will be willing to help ease such a burden when money is a sensitive topic that is usually avoided?
People need to feel love and wanted, especially the very young. Family is by far where people usually form their strongest emotional bonds. A research conducted revealed that children will find it difficult to learn how to love and care for others if they have never been taught how to care and love for others. A newspaper report in Strait Times in 2002 has also reported that a serial murderer actually came from a single parent family where he was frequently abused by his father when in a druken state. This goes to show the importance of family love.
Family provides us with a sense of purpose and position within the society. It is where one is bonded and wanted and that such bonds that an individual has can help one to improve oneself - students are known to finish assignments, do well for tests and exams because of their family. As the popular saying goes, "blood is thicker than water". Children will hence excel according to family expectations due to strong bonds forged with other members of the family.
In conclusion, family plays a critical role not just in the lives of individuals but also hold key roles in society. Those who dispute their importance are in the minority.
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