INTRODUCTION

• Family is considered to be the most essential

part of a person’s life. Every individual is
taught about the importance of a family
since their childhood days.
• There are two types of family systems – Joint
Family and Nuclear Family systems.
 Joint Family
• The family in India does not consist only of
husbands and wife and their children but also
of uncle, aunts and cousins and grandsons.
• This system is called Joint Family or Extended
Family system
• The term joint family defines a family that
extends beyond the nuclear family
 Nuclear Family
• The nuclear family consist of a father, mother
and their dependent child or children
• Nuclear family is also known as Eleetary
Family
• The family member live together in the same
household
ADVANTAGES OF NUCLEAR FAMILY
1) PRIVACY
• The couple can get their privacy in their own
house in nuclear families
• whereas you cannot get your privacy in a joint
family.
• People can live their own way and can do
whatever they want to. There are no such
boundaries set by the elders to follow.
2) FINANCIAL STABILITY

• The financial stability is one of the strongest

points in the nuclear family.
• One can be financially strong because of
limited expenses.
• There is less number of people in the nuclear
family and hence less expenses.
• One cannot have a strong financial stability if
you are the only person who is earning in a
joint family.
3) FREEDOM

• The elders restricts youngsters not to do

certain tasks because they think this is not
good for them.
• But today’s generation is very smart. They
know,
• what is good and bad for them and have
enough analytical power so they don’t like to
restrict themselves.
4) AVOIDANCE OF STRESS AND DISCOMFORT

• Some people are emotional. They can’t tolerate

any kind of fun that is on them
• And in the joint family, one need to have much
high patience.
• But, nuclear families has the advantage that if
you live in the company of those with whom
you are very comfortable
• then there is no need to take any stress and
your discomfort also get vanished in a moment.
 Conclusion
• Nuclear or joint families both have benefits and
problems, they both have their own advantages
as well as disadvantages.
• It’s a matter of personal choice and also
depends on time and environment.
• A newly married couple would prefer a nuclear
family but can more back with parents and
siblings when become parents themselves.