To date, the family is considered one of the fundamental institutions of our society. It is the institutions of the family and marriage that give stability to society and help the reproduction of the population.
Man absorbs all values and norms of behavior,adopted in the family, and transfers them to the surrounding world and to their own family, built in the future. That is why children raised outside the family, in orphanages or in unfavorable conditions, can not always build the right family. The absence of a correct model of behavior does not allow a person to master the true role of husband / wife or mother / father. Therefore, the social institutions of the family are the most important fundamental link in society. Without them, humanity could not progress and develop. Scientists say that, in addition to assimilating the role system with norms and statuses, the institutions of the family allow a person to learn the peculiarities of the rules of behavior in society. If we exclude the family from the "social matrix", then the human world is threatened with chaos and extinction.
The family as the guardian of the future
The social institution of family and marriage isthe earliest of all arisen. Its norms are passed on from generation to generation, becoming traditions. The society assumes the role of its regulator, for example, by prohibiting marriages between close personalities. The society supports the institutions of the family: it protects childhood and maternity, supports the disabled, controls divorce. Social benefits, payments, guarantees, birth control - all this allows the family to develop and not go into oblivion. All this is fixed legislatively or at the level of moral values. Modern society regulates the characteristics of the relationship between men and women, the attitude towards children and the elderly. All this is because the family is the decisive stimulus in the life of a person and supports his social well-being. It is a strong family that helps a person to properly socialize and realize himself.
Same-sex marriages - is there any sense?
In modern society there is an expansionboundaries of the institution of marriage and family. In addition to authorizing the creation and registration of same-sex couples, their rights are equal in terms of upbringing and development of the younger generation. That is, same-sex couples have the right to educate children, transferring their own values and rules to them. It is not yet clear what this practice can lead to. But most people believe that it destroys the institutions of family and marriage and adversely affects the younger generation, passing them wrong norms and traditions.