Advantages and disadvantages of joint family and nuclear family

Answer: the advantages and disadvantages of joint families

Explanation:Joint family = more members living together related by blood other than a couple and their children.

Advantages -

1.Always find someone for company at home. Loneliness can be avoided.

2.Share the burden of expenses - rent, bills, groceries with other earning members in the family.

3.Share the responsibilities.

4.Share the household chores among all the members.

5.Different generations contribute best of their worlds in running of the family efficiently.

6.More birthdays, more celebrations in the year.

7.Ability to adjust.

8.Tolerance threshold is higher.

9.More members in the family , there is higher diversity in ideas and solutions.

10.Usually with many members we see there are more rules in the house, which help in living a disciplined life.

Disadvantages -

1.Privacy and space issues.

2.Difference of opinions is higher as there are more opinions with more number of members in the family.

3.Amount of workload is more - quantity of cooking, washing clothes etc..

4.If application of rules are not fairly applied then rise in conflicts can be expected.

5.Size of family and it’s issues can be tackled if communication and expression of self is open and free for everyone in the house. Balance in joint duties, routine tasks and freedom of personal time and expenses have to regulated and revised from time to time.

Nuclear Family: Advantages and Disadvantages

Advantage of Nuclear Family:

(1) Development of Personality (2) Better Condition of Women (3) Less number of children (4) Peace and Harmony (5) Individual Responsibilities (6) Problem Free Unit  Disadvantages:

(1) Economic disadvantage (2) Insecurity of Children (3) Agency to Develop Bad Qualities of Inmates (4) Loneliness (5) Insecure For Old, Widow and Divorce