Joint Family system Vs Nuclear Family system in details - Nations Story

Joint Family System Vs Nuclear Family System

Joint Family System

Introduction to Joint Family System and Nuclear Family System

The present generation having lived in a Joint Family System has taken the initiative to break out and start a Nuclear Family. This generation very well appreciates the strengths and weaknesses of both the system. The Joint Family system is still found to be common in various part of the world like India, China, Africa etc whereas the Nuclear family is found mostly in western countries like United States of America etc.

The generation that broke out of the old Joint Family System did so when individualistic thinking began to gain predominance in the society. It was exciting to explore, experiment and establish a living set up one's own. The Nuclear Family gave immense freedom from the tradition and ways of life that the old Joint Family System was controlling them with. As it happens with the most changes in the society,initially the people from the old Joint Family System did not take this change very well. They were saddened to see the disintegration of family values and system and emergence of individualistic Nuclear Families. 
However,gradually when Nuclear Families became the order of the day,the old generation slowly began to accept the realities and became comfortable with it.

Advantages of Nuclear Family System:

The major gain which can be seen from the Nuclear Family system is the opportunity it provides the individual to create an identity of his own-something a human being crave for and are born for. They start to work for there own growth and development where the young couples gets more freedom to freely do the things they like. The subsistence of Nuclear Family is dependent upon either on husband and wife, or both. As there is very few members in the Nuclear Family the expenses to manage the basic needs of life tends to be less as compared to the Joint Family system. But with the advantages,there are many cons to Nuclear Family system.

Disadvantages of Nuclear Family system:

1.Feeling alone in this world,being physically far removed from the other family members is normally experienced in Nuclear Family system,

2. In Nuclear Family system all the problems-big or small one has to deal with of there own as we are unable to afford the privilege of sharing and downloading the worries on someone whenever we feel close and connected to facing the big problems of bringing up children alone, It seen that they start relying on child care center,

3. The Nuclear Family misses the glory of celebrations and festivities that binds us to our cultures and gives us a sense of being at home. This is more relevant to those living out of the country.

4. For the Nuclear Family System its always heard in peoples mouth as you have left your parents,your children will also follow your footsteps,you will be left alone in your old age, here Karma plays the role !

5. Its very hard in Nuclear Family system to transfer the passing of the cultural values to our children. Cultural values are learned and taught by seeing them in action.

What should Nuclear Family System adopt from Joint Family system ?

The advantage and disadvantage of both system are many but if we are to revive and revamp joint family system model to create a new one,we need to think how can we learn from the mistakes that we made in old Joint family system and create a new system with the insight gained from the experience of Nuclear family and Joint family system.

1. Family members need to communicate openly and honestly with one another. The elder in the family must encourage and create an environment conductive to open communication. In the absence of such an environment, family members can feel repressed and suppressed that can lead to discontentment. Non-judgmental listening and demonstrating mutual trust are necessary to help family members open up to one another.

2. It is important that members in a joint family system feel accepted for who they are and as they are. The crucial part of acceptance of one another is acceptance of our own weaknesses and limitations and that of others. Realistic expectations help us to be more tolerant of weaknesses of one another. Having unrealistic expectation of others is often the root cause of disappointments and discontentment with others.

3. For a joint family system to be a place where the members feel valued and nurtured,acknowledgment of the strengths and different positive aspects that each members brings to the family and being grateful for the same is useful and even necessary.

4. A joint family system can become a training ground for the future generation to learn and develop attributes and skills of living in harmony with fellow citizen in a society. If our current family model is reflective of a lifestyle that is based on a selfish existence and intolerance to others views that how can we expect the society to be any different. A joint family system can help to build a society that is more tolerant of personal differences in views and thoughts and where people appreciate and carry forward the value of mutual respect,love and co-operation.

Advantages of Joint Family system :

1. As per as the advantages concern Joint Family follows the philosophy of socialism i.e. equal distribution of wealth among the various members of the family. In joint family members work or earn according to there capacity and they get according to there necessity.

2. In Joint family its seen there is economy and expenditure, whatever has to be spent is spent jointly. Like all the earning members of the family pay collectively to the expenses of the materials and resources needed and bought. So, its seen that there is more economy and expenditure in a Joint Family.

3. There is social security to the members of the family. Social security means that when there is some kind of calamity faced by the member of the family like a person meets an accident and he dies during the accident but after this the wife and children is looked after by the other members of the joint family. Its also seen when someone gets disabled or retired from his job than after retirement in case he doesn't gets pension he gets whatever is required or whatever is necessary from the Joint Family in which he is living. So this system provides social security to its family.

4. Then Joint Family provides much more entertainment than the nuclear family. In Joint family where there is so many members in the family so, there is no chance of people becoming bore in Joint family.

5. In Joint family children get the ideal form of care. In Joint family as there are ancestor like we can Great Grand Father or Great Grand Mother or Grand Mother living with the children and they provide more care in the nurser of the children and they look after the food and other requirements of the children so children get ideal care in a joint family and it also means to development of good quality in the children.

6. Its seen that there is mutual help and cooperation among the various members of the Joint Family. Suppose if someone has to get marriage along with father and mother, the other members also contribute to help them out financially or in all the ways which helps to manage big things in a Joint Family.

7. In Joint Family there is also seen the preservation of culture as we can various generation of people staying together and so the cultural qualities are transmitted from one generation to another.

8. In Joint family individualism is not seen as the decision making happens only after the discussion being done among the members of the Joint family. It stops the development of self centered people who only think about themselves.

Disadvantages of Joint Family System:

Along with the advantages there are also various disadvantages Joint Family System -

1. In Joint Family only the leading members of the family is given the right to take the decision whereby children and in most cases women s also suffer this issue so they lack the personality and development is also hindered. They are in most cases dictated by the decisions of the elders. They do not get the freedom which is required.

2. In the Joint family the women s are mostly found in deplorable condition. They are mostly to houses to make food in the kitchen or take care and nurser the children.

3. Its seen that in Joint Family there is more procreation in the Joint family because the Grand Father are usually more orthodox and conservative. They think if there will be more children it will give strength to the family as there does not arise any problem to nurser or upbringing of the children.

4. In Joint family there is lack of Privacy some members of the family might not be comfortable with it as all the people stay under one roof.

Nuclear Family System

Comparative difference between Joint Family system and Nuclear Family are :

1. In Joint Family system the members of the family lack in freedom of exposure to life and in taking decision whereas, this sort of issue we do not get to see in Nuclear Family system, they are free from taking any decision that they find it necessary inspite of waiting for someones interference.

2. The Joint Family System comprises of more number of members back to 3 to 4 generations whereas the Nuclear Family has very less members.

3. In the Joint family the responsibility of handling the family is upon all the earning members of the family whereas in case of Nuclear family it is upon the husband and wife.

4. In Joint Family only the elder members of the family can participate in decision making whereas, in the Nuclear Family every member can contribute there experience and opinions while making a decision.

5. In Joint family the financial situation is said to be more strong and financial security is seen to be more of the members in the family whereas, in Nuclear Family financial situation depends on the husband and wife.

6. In Joint Family bond and unity is seen to be more among the members of the family, they share there happiness and tough situation together where every member helps to recover whereas comparatively in Nuclear Family it tends to be less.

7. In Joint Family there are many people like Grand mother who is there to nurser the children which later helps in better upbringing of children whereas, the Nuclear family no such sources are available the children's are handed over to the child care center.

8. In Joint Family there are many people left in home from whom you can get advice and guidance, if someone does something wrong they will correct you by showing what is wrong and what is right whereas, in Nuclear Family there is only mother and father who most of time is found to be busy, engaged in various activities so children find it difficulty in sharing there problems.

Conclusion:

Joint Family and Nuclear Family both are good in their own places. Both the family system are good based on the individual thinking and perspective who are living it. Joint family gives strength whereas Nuclear family gives you freedom. Its up to us what lesson we should take from them and develop our family system.

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