What is Family in Sociology?
"Family is not an important thing.It's everything."- Michael J. Fox A family is a socially recognized group( usually joined by blood, marriage or adoption) that forms an emotional connection and serves an economic unit of society. It is a group of two or more people who are related by blood, marriage, adoption or a mutual commitment and who care for one another. A family is a groups of persons directly linked by kin connections, the adult members of whom assume responsibility for caring children.