Family & Culture

This document discusses how families shape cultural perceptions and communication behaviors. It explores how the family is the primary transmitter of a culture's deep structures and important messages about right and wrong, power, loyalties, expectations in life, and preparing for death. The family teaches social communication skills and plays a key role in socializing children and perpetuating a culture. Different types of families like nuclear, extended, and new configurations are discussed as well as factors influencing changes in family structures. Cultural gender roles and influences of individualism vs collectivism on families are also summarized.