Importance of Family for an Individual

Based on the story I told you a while ago, the question to Janina was about the role of her family play as her the candidate. My topic for this afternoon is about the importance of the family for an individual. The state recognizes the sanctity of family life and shall protect and strengthen the family as the basic autonomous social institution. The family, as a basic unit plays very important role in an individual's life. It is where his eyes are opened to what's good or bad. I know there are lot of questions in your mind that probably came out, how did I survived, how did I overcome these things. Having a broken family is not that easy. Physically, emotionally, and cognitively, the importance of the family in an individual is intrinsic to individual identity and self concept throughout all stages of life.

III. Satisfaction

A. Family Constellation

According to Adler, he believed that people's perception of how they fit into their family is related to their style of life. He claimed that firstborns are likely to have strong feelings of power and superiority, to be overprotective, and to have more than their share of anxiety. Secondborn children (such as Adler) are likely to have strong social interest, provided they do not get trapped trying to overcome their older sibling. Youngest children are likely to be pampered and to lack independence, whereas only children have some of the characteristics of both the oldest and the youngest child.

B. Parenting Styles

The parenting styles may also affect the life of an individual in the family. According to Adler, some major issues relating to the parenting of children and the long term effects of improper or inefficient child rearing. He identified two parenting styles. The pampering and the neglecting. The pampering refers to a parent overprotecting a child. Second is neglecting, the neglected individual is one who is not protected at all from the world. I am lucky because my parents did not neglect or even over-pampered me.

C. Erik Erickson's Psychosocial Development

One of the main elements of Erikson's psychosocial stage theory is the development of ego identity. Ego identity is the conscious sense of self that we develop through social interaction. According to Erikson, our ego identity is constantly changing due to new experience and information we acquire in our daily interactions with others. Each stage in Erikson's theory is concerned with becoming competent in an area of life. If the stage is handled well, the person will feel a sense of mastery, which he sometimes referred to as ego strength or ego quality. If the stage is managed poorly, the person will emerge with a sense of inadequacy. With the help of the family, an individual my develop his or her identity

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