Joint VS Nuclear family
Nuclear family Drawback:
The nuclear family misses all the advantages of joint living. It is too isolated and unconnected to elicit support or assistance during need or crisis. Its limited size poses practical problems for child rearing and care, more so when the mother works outside.
Children are deprived of a wider social world, emotional bonding, love and affection that a joint family provides. The old parents are left in the village or old age homes without personal care.
Joint Family merits:
Children grow up with care, love and affection from grand parents, uncles, aunts, cousins etc., besides their own parents. Joint family is an ideal setting to learn virtues of co-operation and collective living for the young people. This strengthens stability in larger society too. Pooled resources enable the family to avert any crisis or need.
Family festivals and occasions can be celebrated more elegantly, enhancing the prestige of all the members. In general, joint family ensures the happiness and well-being of all its members.
Some cultures have a joint family (or extended family) system. This means that each adult is responsible for helping to raise all the children in the group even if they're not biologically connected.
The advantages of this are that children come to trust a greater number of adults and to relate to them. The kids also have more close friends. Also if anything happens to one adult - say going into hospital - the kids feel safe with the extended family members.
Joint family has innumerable advantages. In time of crisis all members help you to tide over bad times. There is always someone to take care of the children if both the parents are working. You always find wisdom of your elders useful.
There are many advantages in a joint family. For example, the family members can support each other emotionally, and financially.
Indeed, joint family members rarely get depressed as others would come to their support. The pressure of
The nuclear family misses all the advantages of joint living. It is too isolated and unconnected to elicit support or assistance during need or crisis. Its limited size poses practical problems for child rearing and care, more so when the mother works outside.
Children are deprived of a wider social world, emotional bonding, love and affection that a joint family provides. The old parents are left in the village or old age homes without personal care.
Joint Family merits:
Children grow up with care, love and affection from grand parents, uncles, aunts, cousins etc., besides their own parents. Joint family is an ideal setting to learn virtues of co-operation and collective living for the young people. This strengthens stability in larger society too. Pooled resources enable the family to avert any crisis or need.
Family festivals and occasions can be celebrated more elegantly, enhancing the prestige of all the members. In general, joint family ensures the happiness and well-being of all its members.
Some cultures have a joint family (or extended family) system. This means that each adult is responsible for helping to raise all the children in the group even if they're not biologically connected.
The advantages of this are that children come to trust a greater number of adults and to relate to them. The kids also have more close friends. Also if anything happens to one adult - say going into hospital - the kids feel safe with the extended family members.
Joint family has innumerable advantages. In time of crisis all members help you to tide over bad times. There is always someone to take care of the children if both the parents are working. You always find wisdom of your elders useful.
There are many advantages in a joint family. For example, the family members can support each other emotionally, and financially.
Indeed, joint family members rarely get depressed as others would come to their support. The pressure of