Family

Family
This essay is associated with family issues which including the definitions of different types of family, the traditional roles of each family member , the changes to families in different cultures and the benefits and problems of living in a family.
There are a number of family types in society. Firstly, traditional family is defined as a family group consisting of two married couple as father, mother who live together in the same house and take care of more than one or two children. Also, traditional family include single-parents family, extended family and blended family (abs.gov.au).
In the traditional family, each member contributes in the household responsibilities to ensure family well-being. For instance, father is the head of family. He is a breadwinner who provides finance to support family and he also has the power to order members of the family to do everything. Mother’s roles differ from father’s roles. She is a housekeeper and does not work to earn money and often teaching children different household techniques such as planning the meal, cooking and cleaning. Children in traditional families have been taught to obey parents and respect their elders. Furthermore, older girls help mother in household chore and look after younger siblings. Boys help father do heavy work such as fixing or repairing the house. (family.wikinut.com)
However, there are some differences of the roles of family members in modern countries compared with the traditional family. For example, in Australia, both father and mother have an equal roles and responsibilities to raise and take care of their children in the family. They are both working, share ideas each other and sharing the house chores, such as cleaning, cooking and gardening. Children have responsibility of doing well in education to achieve career as well as participate in recreational activities with family to maintain good relationship with family members. Moreover, older children are model children to