Family in Contemporary Caribbean Society

The family is considered as unrivaled of the oldest kindly instauration and has often been regarded as the footing of societies. Haralambos and Holborn (Sociology Themes and Perspectives pg. 64) argues that in pre- modern-day and modern societies alike, families retain been seen as the most elemental unit of measurement of social plaque which carries out vital tasks such as the socialization of children. To efficaciously argue for or against the bid that The family in a coetaneous Caribbean orderliness is described as dys leanal, we must first adequately define the key nomenclature in this statement. The cry family has diametric definitions due to the varying beingness cultures. Nasser Mustapha has sited George Peter Murdock in his curb Sociology for Caribbean Student as identifying a family as a social group characterized by putting surface residence, frugal cooperation and reproduction. dysfunctional is the adjective of dysfunction and the word dysfunction is d efined as impaired or insane functioning. Finally the word modern-day as listed in the bag Oxford Dictionary is defined as belonging to or occurring in the present or modern in style. With these key damage defined I exit seek to look at what be the key functions of the family, how the family function affects the family, how society affects the function of the family and wherefore the family is viewed dysfunctional.\nThe family as a unit performs numerous functions. The functions of a family are as follows: procreation, socialization and an economic unit. Most families begin with the sexual union or sexual alliance of a man and a char, which in majority of cases produces one or more children; this is called procreation. The fair(a) mo of children each woman has is called the fertility rate. In a family it is wise to plan the number of children they will have. In society the parents of a family is responsible for the care and socialization of their children. They are overl y in charge of providing for...