Family and Society

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This essay introduces the subject of family life and how important it is as a community. It then proceeds to contemporary family issues such as the increasing participation of women in the work force, the changing roles of children in a family, intimacy and autonomy conflicts and concludes with the ways couples relate to one another and how they are affected by the presence of their children.

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"Various factors comprise the quality of life - family and belonging to a family being among the most significant of them. In spite of the rapid changes our societies have undergone and are undergoing, the family still takes care of many things that are very important for our being and quality of life. The family's importance as an emotional community is emphasized. he feeling of belonging to a community, e.g. to a family, where individuals are accepted as they are, is of primary importance for a child as well as for an adult. The family is needed as the foundation for a human being's sound growth and life."

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