Family Caricatures

Family denotes a group of people affiliated by blood, marriage or co-residence. One of the primary functions of the family is to produce and reproduce persons — biologically and socially. From the perspective of children, the family is a family of orientation: the family serves to locate children socially and plays a major role in their enculturation and socialization. From the point of view of the parent(s), the family is a family of procreation, the goal of which is to produce and enculturate and socialize children.