THE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS. THE CONSTITUTION. THE TERRITORIAL ORGANISATION. THE PRESIDENT. THE CONGRESS. THE POLITICAL PARTIES AND THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM.

Family is the most important social institution man forms to ensure survival. Family assigns relationship to all members. The major role of family is to nourish their members, protect them, educate them and provide a stable social status.

The family is the center of American social life and the primary social institution in which Americans learn their values.

• Stable political institutions have been important in a nation of immigrants.
• The Constitution.

In shorthand form, or as concepts, these five basic institutions are called the family, government, economy, education and religion.

As a social institution, family influences individuals but also communities and societies at large. Family is the primary agent of socialization, the first institution through which people learn social behavior, expectations, and roles.

3 Key Social Skills and How to Encourage Them

• Making eye contact. Why it’s important: Others know you are speaking and listening to them when you look at them.
• Taking turns in a conversation.
• Resolving conflicts.

One of the most important functions of the family is the socialization of children. In most societies the family is the major unit through which socialization occurs. Second, the family is ideally a major source of practical and emotional support for its members.

The average American family has classically been understood as a nuclear family (husband, wife and children) with extended family living separately.

Family life is changing. Two-parent households are on the decline in the United States as divorce, remarriage and cohabitation are on the rise. By 1980, 61% of children were living in this type of family, and today less than half (46%) are. …

The average American family in 2020 consisted of 3.15 persons….Average number of people per family in the United States from 1960 to 2020.

We value families. The family is society’s primary institution for raising children, caring for the elderly, and passing on and developing the values of society. For these reasons, most of us see the family as our central and most enduring commitment beyond the self. We value marriage.

10 most important family values to incorporate

1. Valuing the Elders. The elders are important to the family unit.
2. Hard Work. Hard work is a traditional value shared by many people.
3. Respect. Respect is another traditional family value.
4. Compassion.
5. Eating Together.
6. Responsibility.
7. Creativity.
8. Kindness.

The word “values” typically means a set of beliefs and ideals (social and sometimes political) that provide moral guidance to a family unit. Most modern American families also include caring, love and support of the family into their system of values.

• PERSONAL CONTROL OVER THE ENVIRONMENT. People can/should control nature, their own environment and destiny.
• CHANGE / MOBILITY.
• TIME AND ITS IMPORTANCE.
• EQUALITY / EGALITARIANISM.
• INDIVIDUALISM, INDEPENDENCE AND PRIVACY.
• SELF-HELP.
• COMPETITION AND FREE ENTERPRISE.
• FUTURE ORIENTATION / OPTIMISM.

These three universal core values of equality, freedom, and self-government are presented in the first three lines of the Declaration. According to Patterson (2009, 2), ”The American political culture centers on a set of core ideals—liberty, equality, and self-government—that serve as the people’s common bond.

Typical American values include achievement, success, equality, individualism, activity, work, education, efficiency, practicality, religiosity, progress, romance, monogamy, science and technology, equal opportunity, materialism, nationalism and patriotism, humanitarianism, external conformity, freedom, democracy and …