Family Failure and Social Decadence: Issues and Remedies

Abstract

Family has been noted and recognized generally as the oldest institution in the history of human existence. Family is "a group consisting of one or more parents, their children and also close relations” family is seen to been the nucleus of any society, whether developed or developing. A family can be seen as people who have both legal and social right to live together, pull its resources together and produces children or offspring two of these adult members conduct a sexual relationship to procreate according to the norms of their society. Types of family include Nuclear, Extended, Monogamous, Polygamous family etc. Characteristics of a family include to finds its origin in marriage, a traditional society, members of the family form an economic unit, cooperating in the productivity and economic stability of the social unit and protection and socialization, security and affectionate interactions with the new members of the family till adulthood. Functions of the family are child bearing, child rearing and protection of the members of the family unit. The specific purpose of the family is the generation, development or formation of the child. Failure can be considered as an illusion especially where a person is incapable of achieving a goal. Social decadence is a process of deterioration or decay of a process. It can be seen as a process of decline or decay in a society, especially in its morals. Remedies parents should take or assume the loving leadership of the family especially the husband. They should ensure their children model their good behaviour. Conclusion, family and parents should try to train and educate their wards from childhood on the need to inculcate a proper moral conscience.