Like everything else, "family" has an infinite number of definitions. One definition of family is "any group of people united by marriage, blood or adoption, constituting a single household, interacting and communicating with each other, and creating and maintaining a common culture" (Hales 14). Many contemporary sociologists have expanded this definition to include people whom or may not be related and those who for of their lives live together, satisfying their emotional needs and relating to …showed first 75 words of 1284 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1284 total…of relationships of dependency, trust and familiarity. In a world where everything is changing so rapidly and most people are in a constant state of confusion, it would be nice to have some sense of continuity. Regardless of the challenges that the Canadian family faces in the future, families will still remain the foundation of society. Family is one of the deepest and most abiding human need and it should not be taken for granted.