West Indian Family Challenges

The family has been defined as ‘a social group characterized by common residence, economic cooperation and reproduction. It includes members of opposite sexes, at least two of whom maintain a socially approved sexual relationship, and one or more children, owned or adopted, of the sexually co-habiting adults’ (George Murdock, n.d). The contemporary West Indian family differs significantly from Murdocks’ definition, and it is controversial to find an exact meaning of the West Indian family. …showed first 75 words of 2034 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2034 total…occur. They can also show parents that they should put aside their differences and support each other especially in issues related to their children. Children should be made aware that they are not the cause for their parents breakup; and the parents themselves should be made aware that they have the responsibility to explain to explain to their children and to reassure them that divorce doesn’t mean that the parents no longer love them.