The Family
The term family, in my opinion, is someone that is related to you by blood, or marriage, and the ties are relatively permanent. They help in the economic stature of "The Family," and provide for you. This could also include a man with many wives or a wife with many husbands. The definition of the family has definitely changed over time. At the beginning of this century the family was considered to be a mother, father, and kids. Of course the grandparents and cousin's also, but mostly the people you lived with. These days we have things like divorce, adoption, or run away kids. In the case of a divorce, the child doesn't live with both of his parents, in the same setting. Instead he has one parent in one location, and the other in yet another location. Although they don't live together most of these kids consider both of their parents as family. As you move on to different types of cultures there are definite differences
in what the family should be. Take for instance the middle east where, in a lot of cases, a male has more then just one wife. In the United State this occurrence is a very rare thing to find, women are equal to men, and therefore it is there right, as is the males, to pick there mate. But if the mate of either sex was to have another interest, in the US, most likely both will break up with that particular mate upon finding out. Also, in some cultures the father really has nothing to do with the bringing up of the children. Most believe that this can have a negative affect on children. In America the father plays as significant a role in bringing up children, as does the mother. Some societies might also think of only the people they live with as family and the line stops there. I, on the other hand, believe that everyone from my aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, neices, parents, and grandparents, to my closest of friends and my little dog are
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