Family plays a critical role in a society. Do you agree?

MARVEl TAN
I agree that a family plays a critical role in a society. It is from a family where everything begins. Family is a base unit of a society. It is what constitutes to form a country. From a macro perspective, it shows the society’s identity. It tells us a lot of it from the way a family thinks, work, play and behave. Comparing a typical and traditional Asian family to a normal European family, both have a different way of doing things. Asian families are usually very conservative in their way of thinking. For various situations, they settle it according to beliefs and mindset based on strong morale values and in a conformist way, whereas for European families, they are more open minded on various issues, thinking that if it does not harm and hurt anyone or themselves, it will be fine. And so families in this case actually serve as an ambassador of a society. They are the ones that give outsiders a certain impression of a society, setting a reputation.
When zoom to see it from a micro perspective, it is a place where the imparting of knowledge occur. In a family, the parents educate their children, teaching them various values, guiding them towards adulthood. As the children are often with their parents, they are heavily influenced by them. Whatever the parents do, the children will follow suit. This is the point where it is important. The younger generation is the future of tomorrow. They must be guided properly so that they, with the necessary skills, will be able to bring the country to greater heights. The society and nation depends on them. Hence family plays major role and it is about the nurturing of good citizens and future leaders of the nation. If the family does not do its part properly, it will be more of a disadvantage to the nation in the future and the society will have a hard time progressing.
Family is a place where warmth can be felt. Members of a family will share love, care and concern to each other, felling his sense of attachment; their close relationship will be even more bonded. In this way they can feel the essence of living and be able to enjoy life to its fullest extent since humans have emotions. With such a positive atmosphere and united spirit, it will definitely do more good than harm to the society.