FAMILY
- What does a family mean to you?
A family is a social unit, consisting of a mother, father and children, sharing the same values and living together in one home.It is the most important social group. The family provides protection, education, socialization and care. A functioning family shows a strong relationship between its members. Human needs, such as love, protection, responsibility and support are fulfilled in families.
However not all children live with their parents. Those, who don´t have parents are orphans or abandoned children.
- What is the main role of parents?
All family members have specific roles, various duties and responsibilities. In the past, women were supposed to take care of children, cooking, cleaning and men earned the living but nowadays the roles are changed. In some cases, men take care of children and women work even when a child is born.
Partnership means many duties and responsibilities connected with bringing up children. The main role of parents is to raise their children.Parents should teach their children how to differentiate between good and bad, how to solve problems , how to become an independent person. Good parents lead a dialogue with their children and respect their opinion. Children then feel safe with their parents, they can be open and honest.
- What is a generation gap?
If the parents are too strict and they do not look for compromises, it leads to a generation gap between parents and their children. Generation gaps can cause number of serious disagreements and problems.
- What are the differences between partnerships in the past and nowadays?
In the past young people got married much younger than today. They often had up to ten children, lived modestly and it was unacceptable to be pregnant before the marriage. In the past, those who did not get married were called bachelors and spinsters. Nowadays, people get married in their late twenties or early thirtieth. If they do not get married, there are no prejudices against them. Instead of that, they can live alone or share a flat with their partner-which is called cohabitation. Modern families have one, two, sometimes three children and they have a good standard of living.
In the past and also today married couples are expected to live faithfully without having any love affair.
- What is a wedding?
A wedding is a formal act that takes place in a town hall or in a church where the engaged couple exchange their wedding rings and promise to live together in bad and good times. The woman is called a bride and the man is called a bridegroom.
6. What are the main reasons for divorce?
Sometimes married couples can get divorced, it means they stop living together.
The common reasons for divorce are different interests, lack of faith and trust, financial reasons, living with parents and parents in law, addiction to alcohol, drugs, gambling and unemployment.
7. Describe your own family.
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8. How do you imagine your future partner?
My future partner should be .................................................................
On the other hand he/she shouldn´t be .................................................