The nuclear family arrangement

Nuclear Family Arrangement:

The nuclear family is simple and consists of heterosexual married couple and their children. The nuclear family arrangement is one of the oldest family structure and is prevalent in almost every part and society of the world. Traditionally, role and responsibility of the father in the nuclear family is of bread earner and protector of the whole family. On the other hand, woman in the traditional nuclear family is viewed as responsible for the households chores.

Despite the emergence of different types of family structure and arrangement, like single parent families, extended families, and many more, the nuclear family arrangement is still believed to be the most effective and efficient family structure. Although, the nuclear family structure has been under some criticism, still the advantages and benefits of this family structure are strong enough to ignore and overcome all criticism (Chamratrithirong, Morgan, & Rindfuss, 926-950).

Some of the benefits of nuclear family arrangement are as follow:

HIGH STRENGTH AND STABILITY:

Nuclear family structure result in high strength and stability in the children. As family with both parents as compared to the single parent or any other setup, provides more strong and stable environment for the growth and development of the children. There is high probability that children brought up in nuclear family structure are emotionally stable and have stable and strong relationships. On the other hand the children who are brought up in a single parent family structure face the problems and issues of low confidence and sense of loss because of the absent or missing parent.

The parents in the nuclear family structure portray the image of a happy and strong family. Children see the both parents as the role models and learn that the relationships should be loving, supportive, and caring. This results in teaching and training children about building and forming positive and strong relationships and positive interaction with the people around them. In this arrangement of the family, the children also learn how to solve different problems collectively and support each other in different matters of life (Chamratrithirong, Morgan, & Rindfuss, 926-950).

SENSE OF CONSISTENCY:

Nuclear family structure not only provides stability and strength to the children, but also enlighten them with the sense of consistency. This consistency along with stability allows the children to perform well in the every domain of their life. Such children have more tendency to act positively and perform good in schools, apart from this their involvement level with the society and other activities also increase (Grief).

In nuclear family the family members have the habit of taking dinner together on a routine basis and go for vacations and outings with consistency. This results in the creation of the strong relationships which in turn provides solid and strong foundation or base for the accomplishment of the future aims and goals in the life. These well-built and well planted roots serve as a guiding source or principle throughout the live.

PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT:

The concept of physical and emotional support is more common in the nuclear family arrangement as compared to any other setup. These families have more such resources which result in the making children emotionally and physically strong. By observing the attitude and behavior of the parents, children learn the process of building strong family.