Family consists of two or more people who live together and are related by such enduring factors as birth, marriage, adoption, or long-term mutual commitment. Families with children have at least one adult to serve as head of the family and to care for the children.
Families help in modeling and teaching proper behaviors for the children in their care. They also help in giving children certain experiences. The family structure is the makeup of it with regards to the children in a home and the adults living and caring for those children. Although people in Western society have strong opinions about family structures, children absorb affection from sensitive family members regardless of their family structure. Depending on the family structure, the adults may need tips for certain aspects of the development of their children and how to help them flourish. The following website helps parents create unity in their family and includes tips for parenting:
http://childdevelopmentinfo.com/parenting/family_mission_statement.shtml
Culture
Culture is behaviors and belief systems that characterize a long-standing social group and provide a framework for how group members decide what is normal and appropriate. The behaviors can include a family's everyday routines or periodic rituals like celebrating holidays. The belief system in a culture can be either individualistic or collectivistic. Individualistic cultures encourage independence, self-assertion, competition, and expression of personal needs. Families from the United States and Western Europe usually raise their families in this type of culture. Families in Asia, Africa and South America usually raise their children in a collectivistic culture. That culture encourages obedience to and dependence on authority figures and being honorable, cooperative, and invested in group accomplishments.
Community
Community is the neighborhood in which a child and their family live and the surrounding vicinity. Communities help giving the children opportunities to make friends and participate in recreational activities. It also helps support the parents by having institutions within itself to backup the families' efforts to keep the children on productive pathways. These institutions include health clinics, houses of worship and social service agencies. The adults in the community also help shape the future for the children. The children are more likely to aspire to have well-paying jobs when the adults in the community have them as well.
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