Behalf Quote by Talcott Parsons

The function of the society is to cultivate the individual. It is not the function of the individual to support society.

— Joseph Campbell

“In functional families the roles are chosen and are flexible. The members have the choice of giving up the roles. In dysfunctional families the…

— John Bradshaw

I don't think that any family has a function. I just think that a family is. It just exists.

— Justin Torres

The dynamics and structures found in those groups called families in our society may not be evident in those groups called families in other…

— R. D. Laing

The family only represents one aspect, however important an aspect, of a human being's functions and activities. A life is beautiful and ideal or…

— Havelock Ellis

The family is the basis of society. As the family is, so is the society, and it is human beings who make a family-not…

— Ashley Montagu

I don't function well in certain aspects of society, and you can read into that what you will.

— James Vincent McMorrow

In our contemporary world, no one can think or work with a single picture of what a family is. No one can fit all…

— Margaret Mead

“The best part of the Western tradition has included a recognition of and respect for the individual as a living entity. The function of…

— Joseph Campbell

“We have seen that the individual’s brain circuits are decisively influenced by the emotional states of the parents, in the context of the multigenerational…

— Gabor Maté

To be part of a family, or any community, is to have duties and responsibility, to be bound by the rules of that group.

— Robin Hobb

Change in society starts from within a family.

— Kirron Kher