Defining Family

Determining the structure and dynamics of families and identifying families is an intricate process. Personally, I am from a very traditional family. This is very similar to the assumptions made by students in Mellisa Holtzman (2008) 'Family definition: Adolescent views on parent-child relationship'. When most people define families, this is what we think; core families with married parents and children. However, family is a complex system that can take various forms.

Institutionists define families as "traditional", "biological", "reproductive ability", and "child rearing" structures and emphasize the biological relationship between families. Interactiveists, on the other hand, define families based on spontaneous assumptions about family behavior related role behaviors. Institutionists are interested in the existence of biological mothers, fathers, and biological descendants for defining families. The interactive activist only defines the group as a family in front of the mother, father, and child. For example, if one or more siblings act as a mother or father in a group, the interactor defines a group of isolated siblings if the family does not have adults. To the interactor, it is important to play a family role, not a biological or marriage relationship.

In the liberal "free society", the role of all social institutions has been significantly reduced, and the needs and interests of individuals are important to define families. Families are defined in terms of structure - function terms, not interaction, context, psychoanalysis, and social psychology. People define their families for themselves. In the post-institutionalized world after authoritarian, families are defined by the needs of people voluntarily thinking themselves to be families. Relationships and marriage relationships give way to psychological affection and reciprocal needs as the main basis for ensuring family formation and long-term family survival. Necessity and benefits of a larger society - State, church, economy - the need and interests of individuals who voluntarily create or disband families