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Chapter-02 Family: The Center of Community

BOOK TITLE: Comprehensive Community Health Nursing

Author
1. Correia Cecy
ISBN
9789350251621
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11346_2
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2011
Pages
9
Author Affiliations
1. Cardinal Gracias Memorial Hospital, Sandor, Bangli, Vasai (W), Thane, Maharashtra, India, Uday General School of Nursing, Cardinal Gracias Memorial Hospital, Sandor, Bangli, Vasai (W), Thane, Maharashtra, India, Uday General School of Nursing Cardinal Gracias Memorial Hospital, Sandor, Bangli, Vasai (W), Thane, Maharashtra, India
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Abstract

The family as a social institution has existed from the beginning of time in every corner of the world. It is the oldest institution in the society. The health of one member of family affects the welfare of the rest of the family. ‘Home is where the heart is’. Our entire life revolves around our home. Home is the place of our dreams. It is alive with countless warm memories. To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition. Today nuclear family gaining prominence in today’s times family ties are loosed. Pressures of city life add to mental isolation of individual who do not have any one to talk to. In moments of adversity your family can support you. Mother is the center of the home. A human home is far more complex. Every home is a little heaven on earth. It is based on unity. Love is a basic and foundational feeling for one another. Self- sacrificing, caring and sharing. As they relate by birth and bounded by blood relationship. Every person is born into a family. The child has the right to be part of the family and reach adulthood receiving care and protection from other members, especially parents. It is there that he/she receives new experience, and newer relationships. His/her first experience of love, affection, kinship, and support of the other members is not from anywhere else. This child’s attitudes and values are very much the same as those prevailing in the family. The child should be received as wanted and eagerly awaited, not as an unexpected guest. Parents should be ready to spend quality time with the children. Child needs love and security, parents to set examples of caring, sharing, discipline, understanding, counselling, dialogue with love and protection of parents the child grows. Every person is born into the family. Child from birth to adulthood gets care and protection in family. Spent quality time with the children, talk to them, play with them, take them out for a walk the bounding takes place as a result of time spent together is a lasting experience. Develop due respect for each other and understand the strength and weakness of one another. The harmonious relationships send the message of security, warmth, feeling of belonging; children will grow emotionally healthy and physically strong. In the homes of the people the secret of national health lies. They are back-born of community health and it’s planning. Remember this. Happy parents create happy homes. Happy homes produce happy children. Happy children make a happy family and a happy family a happy community and happy communities make a happier nation/world. Real homes are built on love that endures. The true center of every home is the mother. No one else can ever take her place. ‘Family’ forms the connecting link between life and death for a victim. The tension and rupture of this vital link often is the root cause among addicts to give up on recovery. Psychological stress produces physical ailments in family members. The family is, and will always remain, the corner stone of social stability. Mental health of a family is like a barometer of the social life of a population. Courage makes family stand for convictions and act according to principles. Life brings along with it a number of challenges. And these challenges call for the ability to face them squarely and not to run away. Courage is the strength or ability to face, setbacks and adversities. Courage is inherently dynamic. It motivates family to fight for principles and values. It prompts family to face any situation and stand boldly and face even death. Courage coupled with love makes family even sacrifice lives. It bestows superhuman powers leading family to heights of heroism. True courage is linked with deep faith. It is the only force that induces even to meet disaster with calmness and confidence. It makes them stand for truth even in the face of losing popularity. It is here the real test of family greatness lies. So is family way of feeling and dealing. A child’s world centers on the home, school and the local community. Homes should be healthy places where children can thrive, safety precautions to be taken there. There is so much love and affection in our family life. This is the essence of ‘Indian Values’ and one of our key strengths. Our families act as a critical support mechanism for us, supporting them through the tough times. Family, being universal primary social unit, is the first social contact for every human being.

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