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Family (from Latin: familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. [1] Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as members mature and learn to participate in the community. [2]
Co-residence and organization by kinship are both important in the development of the concept of the family. A co-residential group that makes up a household may share general survival-goals and a residence, but may not fulfill the varied and sometimes ambiguous requirements for the definition of a family.
The term nuclear family first appeared in the early 20th century. Merriam-Webster dates the term back to 1924, [3] while the Oxford English Dictionary has a reference to the term from 1925; thus it is relatively new. The phrase is taken from the general use of the noun nucleus, itself originating in the Latin nux, meaning "nut", i.e. the core ...
Family values, sometimes referred to as familial values, are traditional or cultural values that pertain to the family's structure, function, roles, beliefs, attitudes, and ideals. Additionally, the concept of family values may be understood as a reflection of the degree to which familial relationships are valued within an individual's life.
Writing in the 1990s and 2000s, author Albert Jack [18] and Messianic Rabbi Richard Pustelniak, [19] claim that the original meaning of the expression was that the ties between people who have made a blood covenant (or have shed blood together in battle) were stronger than ties formed by "the water of the womb", thus "The blood of the covenant ...
Journal of Marriage and the Family (1981): 489-519. online; Gutman, Herbert G. The Black family in slavery and freedom, 1750-1925 (Vintage, 1977). Hareven, Tamara K. "The history of the family and the complexity of social change." American Historical Review 96.1 (1991): 95-124. Hareven, Tamara K. "The home and the family in historical perspective."
However, it may also refer to a family unit in which several generations live together within a single household. In some cultures, the term is used synonymously with consanguineous family. A stem family is a kind of extended family, first discussed by Frédéric Le Play. Parents will live with one child and his/her spouse, as well as the ...
When Austin, Texas trio Fastball released “The Way,” the first single from their second album, 1998’s All the Pain Money Can Buy, they hoped it would be successful. And it was. “The Way ...