Negative effects of the nuclear family

Experimental visualization of narrower problems

Nature:

Negative effects of the nuclear family include the isolation and emotional dependency of the husband-wife and parent-child relationship, which produces tensions and may lead to marriage breakdown in the former instance and juvenile delinquency and other juvenile problems in the latter. The nuclear family so far as it excludes other family members who are integrated into the extended family, tends to neglect the needy, such as the aged, poor, handicapped; and tends to aspire in a competitive manner towards material well-being and status for itself. The acquisition of status symbols which characterizes the nuclear family leads to a wastage of resources and artificial values with a strong emphasis on class consciousness.

Broader Problems:

Socially ineffective family units
Family structure as a barrier to progress
Inhibition of individual psychological development through life phases

Narrower Problems:

Stepfamilies
Neglected relations
Lack of family life education
Introversion of the family unit
Emotional dependency in marriage
Denial of right to extended family
Refusal of families to participate
Lack of self-development in the family
Reduced interior structure of families
Inhibition of adult life in small houses
Personal isolation in modern communities
Deluding familial image of social responsibility
Excessive intensification of parent-child relationship

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