Archive for March, 2010
What is Child Abuse?
Today we hear and read more and more on the media and news about child abuse than ever before. In recent weeks, child abuse in the Catholic churches has been appalling and horrendous. Does this mean that children are being abused more today than 20-30 years ago? Does this mean that children are more exposed [...]
About Family: Functions and Roles
Family Functions: Many critics have assumed that the family has ‘broken down’. Throughout history, the family has been the major social institution, serving functions such as protection, education and recreation. Given the loss of functions that the family traditionally performed, the increasing specialization and complexity of modern society have led to a dehumanizing and fragmentizing [...]
