From time immemorial, the family was considered the most important "cell" of society. In families, children were born and raised, folk traditions and customs were preserved. In families, the children were inculcated a system of values, taught to respect elders, to work. Each child had an example of parents before his eyes and involuntarily began to imitate them. Now the institution of the family is going through hard times for a number of reasons. What place is given to the family in the current Russian society?
Instruction manual
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Despite the fundamental changes that have occurred in the state and public life of Russia over the past decades, the most important function of the family is still reproductive. For elementary reproduction of the population, it is necessary that families have an average of 2-3 children. However, in the period following the collapse of the USSR (the so-called era of the "crazy 90s"), fertility declined sharply. The impoverishment of millions of Russians, the most acute economic problems, the uncertainty of tomorrow, the persistently cultivated cult of money, and profit at all costs - all this led to the fact that family values and childbearing have faded into the background. Only recently, thanks to a number of measures to stimulate the birth rate (in particular, the payment of maternal capital for the 2nd, 3rd, etc. child), the population of Russia began to grow again.
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The second important function of the family is educational. Although the times when the word of parents was the law for children have long been in the past, the role of father and mother in the formation of personality is still undeniable. The family in this regard cannot be fully replaced by any other structure, neither state nor public. However, due to a number of factors - a large number of single-parent families, the belittling role of men, the excessive employment of many parents, because of which they cannot devote enough time and attention to children, etc., the educational function is often not always performed and not fully.
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The economic and economic function of the family includes the general management of the family budget, households, and leisure activities. Mutual assistance of family members, accustoming children from small years to the feasible work, the formation of reasonable needs, tastes, habits, are very important here. Of course, for this, parents should behave appropriately, that is, do not use obscene words in communication, be grateful.
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We must not forget about the restoration (recreational) function of the family. She is also very important. A family for each of its members should be a place where there will be a friendly, sensitive atmosphere, where they will always help, listen, encourage, give good advice. In such an environment, you can quickly get rid of psychological fatigue, feel confident in yourself, in your strengths and capabilities.
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Finally, the family also has a patriotic function. It is in families that little citizens of Russia learn about their homeland, learn to love and appreciate it.
