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They can fulfill the family responsibilities without much difficulty.
There is less chance of conflicts and quarrels in the family.
Activity: 5

Visit your locality and prepare a list of at least 10 families on their age of marriage,
arrangement of marriage, number of children given birth and problems faced in
marriage. Prepare a short report and submit to your subject teacher.

5.6 Planning of the Family

The ultimate aim of family is to maintain happiness, peace, prosperity and welfare of all
the family members as well as improve the living standard. People need to plan for all of
them. They must have pre-plans and preparations for what to be done, when to do, how
to get and where to achieve for various aspects of life.
Planning of family is the overall plan designed for happy life by adequately managing the
family income, family size as well as other resources in family and implementing it. It can
also be said as maintenance of balance among available financial sources with the family
size by means of pre-performance sketches.
There are several things for which people need to plan to gain happiness and satisfaction
in life. Some of the planning which need to be made are:
a. Age of marriage
b. Child bearing or family size
c. Birth spacing and use of contraceptive devices

d. Child care
e. Health care services
f. Maternal care

g. Education of children
h. Discipline
i. Employment services/profession
j. Management of income and expenditure

k. Tours and travelling
l. Entertainment and refreshment
m. Place of settlement

n. Utilization of properties
o. Management of family resources

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