NounSingular family Plural countable and uncountable; plural families family (countable and uncountable; plural families)
From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Family denotes a group of people or animals (many species form the equivalent of a human family wherein the adults care for the young) affiliated by a consanguinity, affinity or co-residence. Although the concept of consanguinity originally referred to relations by "blood," anthropologists have argued that one must understand the idea of "blood" metaphorically, and that many societies understand 'family' through other concepts rather than through genetic distance. One of the primary functions of the family is to produce and reproduce persons, biologically and socially. Thus, one's experience of one's family shifts over time. 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. However, producing children is not the only function of the family; in societies with a sexual division of labor, marriage, and the resulting relationship between two people, is necessary for the formation of an economically productive household. A conjugal family includes only the husband, the wife, and unmarried children who are not of age. The most common form of this family is regularly referred to as a nuclear family. A consanguineal family consists of a parent and his or her children, and other people. A matrifocal family consists of a mother and her children. Generally, these children are her biological offspring, although adoption of children is a practice in nearly every society. This kind of family is common where women have the resources to rear their children by themselves, or where men are more mobile than women. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License How much does your family spend on food and household supplies? Q. I am wondering how much other families spend on food and household supplies, where they shop, and how big there family is? I have a family of 5 its Me, My hubby, 2 Sons who are 9 and 6, and my little girl who is 20 months old. I shop at Bj's wholesale club, Bi lo, and Dollar General for food. I shop at Bj's and Dollar General for household supplies.I spend 500 a month on food and 140 a month on household supplies. Asked by Mommy of 3 - Sat Jul 4 13:33:07 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. I spend about 650 for both food and household supplies for a family with 2 adults and 3 teenagers. Some months I do spend more - for instance, that budget does not include special holiday treats like baby back ribs that we are having tomorrow. I eliminated a lot of 'conveniences' in both food and household supplies as they just keep sucking on the budget. I shop at Cub and Target for most things. Answered by TotalRecipeHound - Sat Jul 4 16:06:18 2009 would like to start a special family tradition for Thanksgiving ? Q. my sisters and i grew up in different homes.my husband and i moved away when we were first married .this will be our first Thanksgiving with both his family and my sisters and their families .they are all coming to our home this yr .i would love to have something for us all to do together.kind of bring our 2 families together ...i was thinking i could ask everyone to help put up and decorate our tree .any other ideas ? Asked by catherine - Sat Nov 22 21:12:54 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. How about a 'giving basket' where everyone brings a non-perishable food item that can then be donated to your local Food Bank? Your idea of the tree thing is good, but go one step further and have each family bring a special ornament for the tree. When you take the tree down, make sure you put those ornaments in a special place and bring them again next year to whoever is hosting Thanksgiving to put on That tree, and to add any others that might become appropriate (say for a new member, etc.) Answered by harpertara - Sat Nov 22 21:19:37 2008 What would you do if your family was killed in a family renunion by some terrorist?
Q. You were invited to a family barbicue contest you were luaghing having so much fun when a bomb explodes you look to the direction more than half of your family are dead then comes the slaughter terrorist come in killing everyone only you and a two other relitives excape. Asked by E-man - Wed May 7 19:23:35 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. spend your life killing the terrorist, of course Answered by ancho juancho - Wed May 7 19:31:50 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "family"  news.google.com Los Angeles Times He is extremely embarrassed and concerned his family will find out. I'm afraid we are going to break up over this. I've tried to research online to find ... and more » news.google.com KOMO News A family outing to Victoria, BC, turned tragic late Saturday when a vehicle smashed head-on into the family's car as they were driving home. ... State Patrol investigates cause of fatal crash Seattle Times all 11 news articles » news.google.com Pasadena Star-News "The family bed!") Firstborn Son, Wonder Boy and I scramble up the bed after bath time and read two bedtime stories (more if they request Bible stories; ... and more » From Google News Search: "family"  sandersweb.net 598px x 900px | 87.30kB [source page] New Family Photo July 2005 at Brenda s 65th birthday party in Chapel Hill NC Laurie Megan Brenda John Jillian David  people.musc.edu 2592px x 1944px | 786.10kB [source page] Family 2000 jpg 25 Dec 2001 16 44 625k Family 2005 jpg 05 Feb 2005 00 04 1 1M Family 2005 2 jpg 13 Feb 2005 14 57 786k Family 2005 3 jpg 05 Feb 2005 00 04 2 2M  markshields.com 960px x 1280px | 179.60kB [source page] copyright 2002 markshields com shields family reunion DSC04084 jpg 26 Sep 2002 10 28 177K copyright 2002 markshields com shields family reunion DSC04085 jpg 26 Sep 2002 10 28 179K copyright 2002 markshields com shields family reunion DSC04086 jpg 26 Sep 2002 10 28 180K copyright 2002 markshields com shields family reunion DSC04087 jpg 26 Sep 2002 10 29 174K From Yahoo Image Search: "family"  emptywheel.firedoglake.com emptywheel Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:27:42 GM Last night, Rachel did a superb job on a story we were the first to cover: Doug Hampton's efforts to get "the . Family. " to get John Ensign to stop sleeping with Hampton's wife (see Hampton's full interview here). ...  story.argentinastar.com unknown Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:46:54 GM Ghanian dancers and drummers welcomed Mr. Obama and his . family. to Accra's international airport.  rightwingnews.com unknown hu, 09 Jul 2009 16:06:58 GM Right Wing News is the best source on the net for conservative news, views, & interviews. From Google Blog Search: "family" A family consists of a domestic group of people (or a number of domestic groups), typically affiliated by birth or marriage, or by analogous or comparable relationships — including domestic partnership, cohabitation, adoption, surname and (in some cases) ownership (as occurred in the Roman Empire). In many societies, family ties are only those recognized as such by law or a similar normative system. The different types of families occur in a wide variety of settings, and their specific functions and meanings depend largely on their relationship to other social institutions. Sourced
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