The document defines a nuclear family as consisting of two parents and their children, without extended family members like grandparents. It notes that nuclear families have become more common in recent decades due to demands for improved lifestyles, freedom from interference, and harmony without conflicts from larger family living. Nuclear families are also now the most common family type in Vietnam, making up around 78% of families there. The document outlines advantages of nuclear families like privacy, financial stability, and better conditions for women, but also notes potential disadvantages like burnout without support from extended family and insecurity for older or divorced family members without that support system.
The document defines a nuclear family as consisting of two parents and their children, without extended family members like grandparents. It notes that nuclear families have become more common in recent decades due to demands for improved lifestyles, freedom from interference, and harmony without conflicts from larger family living. Nuclear families are also now the most common family type in Vietnam, making up around 78% of families there. The document outlines advantages of nuclear families like privacy, financial stability, and better conditions for women, but also notes potential disadvantages like burnout without support from extended family and insecurity for older or divorced family members without that support system.
The document defines a nuclear family as consisting of two parents and their children, without extended family members like grandparents. It notes that nuclear families have become more common in recent decades due to demands for improved lifestyles, freedom from interference, and harmony without conflicts from larger family living. Nuclear families are also now the most common family type in Vietnam, making up around 78% of families there. The document outlines advantages of nuclear families like privacy, financial stability, and better conditions for women, but also notes potential disadvantages like burnout without support from extended family and insecurity for older or divorced family members without that support system.
Definition: Nuclear family is a family consisting of two
parents and their children, but not including aunts, uncles,
grandparents, etc Characteristic of a nuclear family: 1. Free from the absolute control of the eldest family member 2. Requires that the parents take complete responsibility for running the home and taking care of the family 3. Requires that the parents take complete responsibility for running the home and taking care of the family 4. Expects that after the children get married, they leave their parent's home and move into a separate dwelling to establish another nuclear family In the past couple of decades, more and more families around the world have turned into nuclear families. Some of the reasons for this trend are: 1. The demand for an improved lifestyle: People want to earn more, seek financial stability, and lead a better life. All this is more easily achieved in a nuclear family setup where people make independent lifestyle choices for their family. 2. The demand for freedom: Couples in a nuclear family enjoy the freedom of living on their own, by their own rules, and without interference from family other members. 3. The demand to maintain harmony: Sharing the living space with a large number of family members can often lead to conflicts, misunderstandings, and unpleasant situations. Several couples would rather live separately to avoid multiple conflicts and undercurrents in family relationships. Nuclear family in Vietnam: 1. The nuclear family is the most common family form in vietnam. According to a survey of three regions including cities, plain (delta) and midland-highland: nuclear families account for 78% (cities, 65%; plain, 81.7% and midland - highland areas, 80.6%). 2. The population is large but the family scale is shrinking. Previously, each family had an average of 5.2 people, but now there are only 3.8 people. Couples with fewer children are economically better off, but in our society, there is a group of people "two less, one more", which means few children, lack of daily time to nurture, patenting children, but only... a lot of money. 3. Among the small-scale families in Hanoi surveyed, more than 30% of people living in the inner Hanoi said they have no time or very little time to care of,educate their children's. Avantages of the nuclear family 1. Privacy: The couple can get their privacy in their own house in nuclear families whereas you cannot get your privacy in a extended family. People can live their own way and can do whatever they want to. There are no rules setted by the elders to follow. 2. Financial stability:This is one of the strongest points in the nuclear family. One can be financially strong because of limited expenses. There is less number of people in the nuclear family and hence less expenses. You cannot have a strong financial stability if you are the only person who is earning in a extended family. 3. Avoidance of stress and discomfort: Some people are emotional. They can’t stand/ tolerate/handle/suffer from any kind of fun that is on them and in the extended family, one need to have much high patience. But, nuclear families has an advantage that if you live in the company of those with whom you are very comfortable then there is no need to take any stress and your discomfort also get vanished in a moment. 4. Better Condition of Women:In nuclear families the condition of woman is better than extended families. She gets enough time to care of her children. She also gets time to plan and manage her house according to her own idea. There is no interference of elders. Her husband can also devote/pay/give more attention to the wife in nuclear family. Disadvantages of the nuclear family 1. The Realities of burnout/exhaustion:Some of survey suggests family members, especially mothers, have a tendency to burn out/exhaust from attempts to satisfy every person's needs. The focus on children can be overwhelming and leave little room for parents to take care of themselves. Without help from extended family, parents may need to take off work to care for sick children. The struggle to balance the demands of work, family and friendships without outside assistance leads to stress, depression, anxiety or other problems. 2. Small Support System: Emergency situations, such as an accident or even illness, can leave small nuclear families in crisis. An articles analysis points out how extended family structures offer built-in help for these situation. In a nuclear family where both parents work and have young children, the ability to meet all expectations and needs exclusively within the family unit is not always possible. Multi-generational households offer assistance as needed. 3. Self-Centered Worldview: The traditional nuclear family is child-centered. This means the focus is on the immediate family, children in particular, for all facets of life. The nulear family attempts to meet all the member’s demands and places children into important position. This viewpoint can lead children to selfish tendencies and thinking. It can also create a narrow worldview where the greater good of society gets little consideration. 4. Insecure For Old, Widow and Divorce:In nuclear family widowed, old and divorce fare very much neglected. No one in the family bothers to take care of them. Physically and psychologically they feel insecure. Above all in nuclear family children are socially, emotionally and educational unstable. There is a chance of family breakage in case of conflict between the compel. Conclsion:Still then everybody wants to go for a nuclear family in the modern society because of its advantages which certainly outnumber the disadvantages.