The March contest #1 by sduttaskitchen|Significance of Family!

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Hi friends welcome to my blog! Thanks for dropping by to read my thought today. I was going through this beautiful community and then found this contest. I must commend the organizer for this well thought out contest topic. I could not but decided to share my thoughts on this topic. Kindly stay with me as I take you on this ride.

The significance of familial influences during childhood cannot be overstated. Share your opinion on it!

Everyone on earth belong to one family or the other, or am I too quick to conclude? Okay, let me kindly ask you reading this piece right now, are you from a family here on earth or you fell from heaven? Lols. Anyways that was just a light joke.

I think we have just settled the fact that we all belong to one family or the other regardless of the type of family we belong to. Could be Nuclear or Extended family, these are the the basic family structure I know and Yes! Family has a strong influence over a child especially in his or her developmental stage.

I strongly believe in the above statement because many of the things a child learn which follows such child into adulthood are learnt in the family, which of course consist of the father and mother under the nuclear setting while we have other family members included when it comes to the extended family.

A child learns in both settings, his or her parent can nurture him or her or relatives like aunt,uncle, grandparent , cousins can also help shape a child character especially in his or her formative stage and whatever is being imparted into such child is likely to stay with the child till he grows old. This is the reason why the value that must be imparted must be pure and free from every kind of corruption and immoral things.

This is why a child can be traced back to their home, you can easily look at a child and commend his or her parent because they did a good job and on the flip, a child could bring shame and disgrace to the parent when they behave badly in the society. Hence the reason why child upbringing is very important and sensitive task.

Which type of familial culture would you prefer, and what is the rationale behind your preference?

I grew up in a nuclear family and I've always love the idea. I think the idea sync with how God designed the home to be from the beginning. A man leaving his father and mother's house to cleave to his wife. They get intimate and birth their own children not under their parent roof but their own separate space.

This give the man and the woman absolute control of their home without undue interference. Allowing too many folks in the name of family member into the home affairs can be harmful. It is true that you may be family members but sometimes the values you share might be slightly different.

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In the nuclear family setting which I subscribe to, the father and mother of a child can easily raise a child in the way they deem right and acceptable in the society but when a child has too many folks around trying to teach him or her during his or her formative stage, he or she tends to get confused, it might not turn out constructive.

Some parent end up asking their children where they learn certain things from when they start seeing trait that doesn't represent who they are and what they thought they had imparted. Another important point is that Nuclear family aids bonding between parent and children. This bond help the child in his or her formative stage.

Please analyse the advantages and disadvantages associated with various family structures, including joint families, nuclear families, and professional families.

I might not be able to attempt this part using a bullet point approach but then I'm going to answer this question the best and simplest way I can.

I will love to start with nuclear family, I've mentioned some of the advantages of this family setting in the course of my explanation in the section before this however it has it own downside as well which I personally experienced. One of it is that child might interact less with other family members.

The reason is because they are in some kind of enclosed circle where other family members are not actively involved in terms of day to day interaction. Communication with extended family members are sometimes occasional since they are not living together in the same house, under the same roof.

Another downside is that parent under the nuclear setting might experience occasional stress when it comes to bringing up the child alone without these other family members. Another downside is that such child might not experience what we call variety in his or her formative stage. His or her parent might not sufficiently impart the child with all he or she needs.

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I've said so much about nuclear family setting, let me say something about Extended family. There are advantages to this kind of family setting because of the following below.

Children can enjoy a very rich and robust cultural heritage and tradition even as he live among his family and relatives. Another advantage is that he would enjoy more support from these people because it won't be the sole responsibility of his or her parent when other family members are actively involved.

At this point, I would like us to consider the disadvantages of this family setting as well. The following below are the disadvantages.

This kind of family setting is prone to disagreement and conflict which is not healthy for the development of any child.
Also in this kind of family settings, maintaining privacy might be difficult. Maintaining ones space and available resources can be also challenging in this kind of family setting. In this kind of family setting, a child can get confused because of too many instructors and family members trying to play the role of a parent

As touching the professional family type which I regard as the weakest among, children would likely suffer more in this system than in other system, the reason is not far fetched, parent would definitely not be available to give children adequate care not in terms of provision but emotional support and care. I think with these few points of mine I've been able to justify my take on this subject.

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