Family denotes a group of people affiliated by a consanguinity, affinity or co-residence. Concepts of consanguinity originally referred to relations by "blood," anthropologists have argued that one must understand the idea of "blood" metaphorically, and that many societies understand 'family' through other concepts rather than through genetic distance.
One of the primary functions of the family is to produce and reproduce persons, biologically and socially. From the perspective of children, the family is a family of orientation: the family serves to locate children socially, and plays a major role in their enculturation and socialization. From the point of view of the parent(s), the family is a family of procreation the goal of which is to produce and enculturate and socialize children.
Other family functions include: a sexual division of labor, marriage, and the resulting relationship between two people, is necessary for the formation of an economically productive household.
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A Prayer on My 80th Birthday – Psalm 71:18
05-02-2012 Greg J. Dixon
Ps 71:18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
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Feature Article Hancock's have their 3rd grandkid!!!! (Picture Update) Powell Gammill
Tim and Rhea Gustafson are the proud new parents of a 8 lb 7 oz, baby girl, "Elin Sierra Gustafson," born March 30th, 2012. Baby Elin is perfect. Unfortunately Rhea suffered a massive life threatening hemorrhage during an especially long labor
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