Relation ships

Parents and children make a family. A family is the basic of a society. In this families and family tree is there. How the family members help each other in times of need.

``Hello I am Chintu. I live a joint family. I live with my parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins. One of my uncles is not yet married. When he gets married, one more member would be added to our family. The girl who will marry my uncle will become my aunt. Their children will be my cousin.’’

Families can be divided into three main types. They are: 1) nuclear family or small family 2) big family 3) joint family.

1) A family in which parents live with one or two children is called a nuclear or small.

2) A family in which parents live with more than two children is called a big family.

3) A family in which grandparents, parents, uncle, aunts and cousins live less than one roof is called a joint family.

All of us love our families

Our home is the first school. The family members are our first teachers. They teach us many good things. They help us in growing up as good human beings.

An ideal family is one in which al the family members support each other in good and bad times.

Whenever there is any problem in a family, all thee family members get together to think and solve the problem. All of them also celebrate their happiness together.

a) Family members help each other in times of need. b) Family members celebrate their happiness together.

All the families follow some riles or customs. In some families, people do not have their breakfast before worshiping God.

A child learns good habits and values from his/ her family.

Our family influences us a lot. We learn many things from our elders. They teach us the difference between good and bad thins.

Sharing and caring

Chintu’ never helped his parents and grandparents at home. One day, his mother said, ``There is a lot of work in the house. If all of us share the work, it would be finished in a short time. Then we will get a lot of free time to spend with each other.’’

One day, his teacher asked him in the class, ``whom do you admire the most in your home? Chintu at once replied, ``my mother’’.

On being asked why, he said ``She not only goes out and works but also al the cooking and washing she also takes care of all the persons in the family.’’ The teacher then asked, ``what is the work that others in your hose do?’’

Chintu replied, `My father teaches me when he comes back from office.

We have a small lawn in our house. Before going to office, he waters all the plants. While coming back from office he brings milk and vegetables from the market. In the evening my grandfather takes me, my sister and cousins to the park. He also helps us in studies. He has a very vast knowledge. My grandmother us stories. She also helps my mother in keeping the house clean. I play with my cousins and sister. My cousin Madhu is a very good tabla player. He teaches me how to play tabla.

The teacher said, ``we should all help each other at homes as well as at school’’.

Looks and behavior

One day, chintu’s grandmother was showing him the photographs of his father’s childhood. She said, ``Look, how much you look like your father. Not only the looks, but the way you talk, the way you walk, your eating habits are just like your father’s.’’

There was a family function. Chintu met all his cousins. He found that one of his cousins looked like his grandfather a lot. He asked his grandfather, ``Grandpa, Rohan looks exactly as you used to look when you were of his age. I have seen your photograph when you are young. Ow is this possible?’’

Grandfather explained, ``Many people in a family look alike. They have similar features –some have same color of eyes, some have same hair color, some have same face-cut, etc. Some people in a family have similar qualities. For example, you make beautiful paintings. You have got this quality from your mother. She is also very good at drawing. Your father is soft spoken like your grandmother. In this way, family members get the qualities and looks of their forefathers. It is because of heredity that we inherit many things from our parents or grandparents.’’

Relationships

People who live in nuclear families meet n special occasion and have fun together.

This is my friend Suresh. He lives in nuclear family with his parents. On Sunday, they visit their relatives and spend the day together. On holidays and on special occasions like festivals, birthdays and marriages they meet al their relatives and have fun.

Whenever anybody is in the family is sick, all the relatives him/her. They take proper care of each other in times of needs.