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various aspects of life even after their marriage. Parents should share their experiences
and support children to tackle their family problems. Parents should always motivate
their children to remain happy, prosperous and healthy.

e. Retirement stage

It is the stage of old age of parents. With the passing
of time, everyone becomes old. During old age,
people become old physically, mentally and socially.
Hence, they need special attention and care. Old
people cannot remain active like in their adulthood.
They need more rest. The family members should
respect them and love them. We must explore their
knowledge and experiences for family and national
welfare. We must manage religious books, spiritual Fig: 6
environment, health facilities, newspaper, etc. for
them and assist them in visiting outside, performing puja, yoga, etc. With the availability
of all of them, old people can remain healthy, happy and easily pass their time happily.

Importance of family life education
Family life education plays vital role in every stages of our life. It is essential for happy
and prosperous family life and important for family welfare. Children having family life
education can easily cope with physical, mental, emotional and social changes as well as
the challenges they face in different aspects of life. They can become responsible parents
and citizens for the overall development of entire nation. The importance of family life
education are listed below:
a. It supports individuals to cope with physical, emotional and social changes which
take place in the process of growing up.
b. It helps to develop good knowledge on the concept of family, family roles and
functions to recognize various tasks that need to be undertaken for family welfare.
c. It makes them understand that they are becoming sexually mature and realize the
wholesome sex attitudes and behaviours to guide sex drives.
d. It motivates individuals to establish and maintain satisfying relationships with family
members, friends and others with whom they come in contact.
e. It enables them to understand and cope with changes in adolescents lives and in the
society especially for breaking down traditional social structures, changing role of
men and women in marriage practice.
f. It assists young ones to communicate effectively with others and make wise decisions
about family life, personal relationships and membership of the community.
g. It prepares them to develop knowledge, values and skills necessary for adult life,
marriage, parenthood and participation in community life.

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