what is the smallest and most elementary type of family organization?
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Definition of family: family is taken as the first organized unit of the society. The social group, consisted of the family members related with one another with the relationship of blood, marriage and adoption and live under the same roof sharing same kitchen is usually termed as family. In other word family can be said as such unit where people act jointly in the form of one unit for collective development.
Some important facts of family:
· Family is a small and beautiful world where a group of people related with blood and social traditions jointly live.
· Family is a basic unit of society
· It is a small hereditary group of persons of different ages and sexes living with unity. They are tied with matrimony or related with blood.
· Family is a group of parents, children, and daughter-in-law living under the same roof with common provision of food (same kitchen).
· Family can be defined as a social group in the form of first organized unit of the society performing a definite activity.
Importance of family
· The family is the place of multidimensional development of a person
· It is necessary for the establishment of another family for the continuation of family line
· It is the basic foundation for formation and development of the character of an individual
· It provides various types of manpower for the multidimensional development of the society as well as nation
· It plays a vital role as a transmitter for the conservation and regulation of social cultural value, assumption and tradition
· It is the store house of inspiration, education, security, love, affection, care, respect and pity to the person
· Family teaches the role of an individual in a society. A person gets opportunity to learn social, cultural and moral behaviour, meaning of social responsibilities and co-operation which are useful in a society
· The strong or weak mental and physical family traits are inherited from parents. An individual gets an opportunity to correct and develop them in the family.
· The family can be taken as the first school for career development of a person
· The family helps the members to share pleasure and pain and solve problems jointly