Family - a group of people who are related either by blood or by marriage.The phenomenon of the family in society is very important, because in the union of small groups - of the human instinctive program.Family members are united household tasks that they decide together the moral and mutual aid, when it comes to modern states in which there is a family - a legal duty.
For centuries, were formed types of families that are classified science.As the family - a social phenomenon, it affects the area of study by historians, sociologists and psychologists.
Classification families
Initially understanding of the family should be classified categories of moral values.
Today, however, providing 4 basic aspects of family:
- family as a social institution (crucial in a socialist society);
- economic family (emphasis on communication parties shared the family budget);
- territorial family (total area of residence);
- biological family (kinship DNA).
types of families have a different classification that should be considered for a comprehensive assessment of the actual position of the family in society.
depending on sex couples and same-sex heterosexuality distinguished family.At the present time (with respect to the preceding time periods), cases of same-sex families, and in some countries it has been made possible registration of same-sex marriage.Evaluation of the society of this phenomenon, in most cases negative, and as the main argument in favor of the idea of unnatural relations.
Depending on the number of children a family is divided into 5 categories:
- many children.
- Srednedetnaya.
- small families.
- one-child.
- childless.
Given the presence of the demographic problem in some countries, is currently one of the state through legislation encouraging large families, while others, on the contrary, regulate the number of children in the family.One way or another, but many children are now spread through the financial support of the state.
Depending on the composition are distinguished:
simple family (it consists of one generation - parents with a child or not).She also has two varieties:
- Elementary (composed of three members: a child, a wife, a husband, or with only one parent).
- Component (classified as apart from a husband and wife have several children).
Complicated family is characterized by the presence therein of several generations, it is also sometimes called patriarchal.There are genealogical communications: grandparents, brothers and sisters (their husbands and wives), and nephews and nieces.
Historical types of families in terms of organization
Since ancient times, families can be classified according to the headship:
- patriarchal (in this case the man was the main thing in the family, because it brings home the food was different strength and endurance, and without ithelp family was doomed).
- matriarchal (here performed the main mother-like figure, without which it is impossible to procreation she bore children to monitor their safety and the condition of feed and ensure the maintenance of the hearth, preparing food).
also historically evolved types of families in the form of marriage:
- monogamous family (which consists of two partners).
- polygamous (it is detected when one of the partners may have an official or approved by a community with more than one partner).Currently distributed in a monogamous relationship, but there are representatives of polygamous marriages.
types of dysfunctional families
These families have two varieties, which are due to causes trouble:
- crisis.There is a conflict of interests of the spouses often on the basis of the financial sector.However, sometimes there are other reasons for psychological incompatibility that lead to divorce.
- Problem.This is often one of the most striking manifestations of a dysfunctional family, as there is an obvious problem: drug abuse spouse or one of them, lack of housing and the means for its removal, criminal prosecution of a spouse, etc.In such a family, children are the most vulnerable and often do not receive adequate help from the parents, which is why the latter as a result deprived of parental rights.
These are the types of families isolated by sociology, history and psychology.Unfortunately, some types are disadvantaged sociological phenomenon of modern society, but, fortunately, in developed countries, there are various social services that see to it that children in disadvantaged families are provided with adequate.
