Social Institutions: Family Institution: the organized ways society develops to meet its basic needs.
“Any combination of two or more persons who are bound together over time by ties of mutual consent, birth and/or adoption or placement and who, together, assume responsibilities for variant combinations of some of the following”
Functions of the Family 1. 1.Addition of new members 2. 2.Physical care of members 3. 3.Socialization of children 4. 4.Social control of members 5. 5.Affective nurturance – love 6. 6.Production and consumption of goods and services - The Vanier Institute of the Family
2) Physical care of members
3) Socialization of children
4) Social control of members
5) Affective nurturance – love
6) Production and consumption of goods and services