Is there a Family? This question has been raised so many times by many different anthropologist, scientists, sociologists, teachers, and students. Has anybody gotten an answer they were looking for? If so, was it the answer they expected to hear, and why are there still so many debates over that question?
             To find an answer let's first look into meaning of the word "FAMILY". What is family? Is that an institution? Is it a marriage and kids? Is that a care taking of each other and children?
             The "Family" goes back to aboregenial times. According to Bronislaw Malinowski a union, such as family, was present back then, but understanding of it was a little different from what it is now. As Malinowski stated that concept of the family are: 1) a bounded set of people who recognized one another and who were distinguishable from other like groups; 2) a definite physical space; 3) particular set of emotions.
             Look a little deeper into above arguments, family is the union between 2 people that have a sexual intercourse in order to reproduce. As we learned, it is not necessary marriage, it is just a union between 2 different sexes that might have a sexual relationship beyond their union, but have at least one child together. Such as union need a definite physical space. As far as I understand, this space was needed for the time, the two people could share together. In certain communities man could live with other man at the same house and woman had to live with other women and children below 13. Couples also need a particular set of emotions, which could lead to sexual attraction. But again, it was very common for them to have sexual relationship beyond their family.
             Now a days the same pattern is being used in families. A husband and wife bound themselves in holy matrimony, they are attracted to each other or "in love". In most of the cases they have their own place to live, where they set their own rul...