Functions of a Family

Functions of a Family
Introduction
Family is the name that has been designated a social organization as old as humanity itself and simultaneously with the historical evolution, has undergone changes that have allowed it to adapt to the needs of each society and every age (Cantor, 337-346). The family has many functions which bind the society together. These functions set the rules and boundaries within which families work for the members.

Discussion
Throughout history the family has formed integrated society, responding to the needs of people. Therefore, in all societies and periods of history there has been a family. We can understand the family as a group of people who are united by ties and blood ties that arises when interests are shared in common and which each member performs certain functions that aim to ensure that its members are fully developed as individuals: the family is clearly the first learning environment for people in which they learn not only children but also adults (Scanzoni and Greer, 743-756).
One feature that distinguishes the family is its ability to integrate many functions in one formula of coexistence. That does not mean there are not other ways to carry them out. All the features you point out below can be performed in the context of alternative institutions that are sometimes totally unrelated to the domestic sphere as it happens, in fact, to education in schools and care of older people in nursing homes (Bengtson, 1-16).
The fundamental role of the family is the one that has to do with the socialization of its members. It still retains the socialization function of the family, although the values, norms and behavior patterns that are passed through it have been transformed. Currently there remains...

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...lthough strong trend toward fashioning a family (where the power structure is of equal type in which the husband and wife have equal rights, but not necessarily considered as equal in regard to the division of labor).

Conclusion
Far from a blaming stance towards families should be offered a new solution whose task is, first, to remind them that in the provision of certain needs of a developing human being - such as unconditional love and the practice of necessary requirement - its role is irreplaceable and, moreover, provide guidance and educational resources to safely exercise their role as breeders. Understanding family interaction as a natural development context means understanding that family members are in educational processes in this context: given the characteristics of the developing human beings are educated but deliberately intended not to educate.