Reflecting Family As A Family: The Definition Of Social Structure

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The definition of social structure, in sociology, the distinctive, stable arrangement of institutions whereby human beings in society interact and live together. Social structure is often treated together with the concept of social change, which deals with the forces that change social structure and the organization of society. An example of social structure would be how we address our elders, every culture addresses their elders differently. American youth would be more likely to address an elder by their first name, whereas in a Hispanic culture we address our elders with Sir or Ma’am. The definition of family is a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered a group whether dwelling together or not. This definition …show more content…

When a family or individual within the family lacks certain needs of life for example health care facilities, this trouble will be experienced as personal trouble affecting only that family. If we consider the same situation with higher number of population or organized social structure, it would be problem of larger mass and would surely get proper attention. Reflecting family as social structure can therefore be more meaningful in solving problems of individuals or masses within the family. In other words, one can say that problem of family become a problem of society with well protected human …show more content…

I come from a very strict Pentecostal household in which we are obligated to respect our elders, refer to adults as sir or ma’am, and to honor our parents by doing what they say without questions. The reason why I say it has decreased is due to the fact that this new generation has lost respect in morals and behave negatively. You see more and more unwed single mothers, young women and men disobeying and disrespecting their parents and lastly not have any ambition or goals set to further

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