canadian families

Living in a fast paced society, social well beings are beginning to slip away in our daily
lives including family. Family is defined as any combination of two or more parents who
are bound together over time by ties of mutual consent, birth and/or
adoption/placement and who, together, assume responsibility for variant combinations.
Through this connection, affective nurturance, physical maintenance and care of group
members, and production and consumption of goods and services are obtained. Sadly
these functions are becoming lost as the family is being pushed aside to make room for
school, friends and work. Canada’s current status rests at a level 6, but if not maintained
soon, it will slowly fall apart.

A family lacking emotional support and love is labeled as dysfunctional. Divorced
parents especially tend to focus on physical rather than emotional support or do not find
time to be supportive in this area. The conn...