Let's talk about family relationship

It's common knowledge that the family is a very important unit in our society. Nothing else but family can be an emotional centre of people's lives and a transmitter of culture. Understanding between all members of the family and consideration for others are very important in family relationships. Tenderness, warm-heartedness and respect must always be present in the family to make it friendly.

The family is a crucial instrument for the development of a child's personality. It's the primary group in which a person forms. That's why it's vitally important for every child to live in a friendly and happy family.

In united families parents are honest with their children without moralizing and bossing them around, and children in their turn learn how to get on with other people. Members of such families treat one another with understanding and compassion. They always share domestic chores. Children living in such families feel safe at home. They trust parents, share their secrets and problems with them, ask parents for useful advice and rely on them. They don't run away from home as they feel happy living there.

At the same time there are different problems which can badly influence family relationship. One of them is generation gap. These days many adults describe their children as "difficult", "rude", "wild" and "irresponsible". Modern teenagers are said to be a generation in a fearful hurry to grow up. Adolescents are overconscious of their appearance and the impression they make on others. They may rebel violently against parental authority, but this causes them great unhappiness as well. And they are not always helped to get through a confusion of life in a productive way. Even teenagers with sympathetic and supportive parents can fall in with a bad company. Being raised by single-parent families as well as watching TV, which takes most of their free time, can also accelerate the desire of children for being independent and causes behavior problems.

At the same time a lot of parents think that their main duty is to earn money for their family. They are lenient with their children and let them find out about life for themselves. They leave their children to develop their own idea of right and wrong. But it's a mistake. In my view, parents should try to protect their children from possible bad influences and give them clear guidance about right and wrong.

I do think both parents and children are responsible for good and friendly relationship in the family. Every member of the family must support and respect one another. There are a number of activities which help members of the family to be on friendly terms: discussing all the

family plans together, going on trips, visiting museums, theatres, exhibitions and exchanging opinions about them.

If to speak about my family, I do appreciate it that my parents trust and respect me, rely on me. In my turn, I try to help them with household chores. I share my joys and sorrows with them. I'm happy to say that my home is the place where everybody understands, respects and. loves me. To my mind, this is the way things should be in any family.