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c. It provides knowledge about maintaining good relationship among the
members of the family and other people of the society.
d. It helps to deal with the changes in the adolescents' lives in their society.
e. It helps to make the family happy and prosperous.

Thus, Family Life Education is very essential for an individual, a family and a
society. There are two types of families:

1. A nuclear family which is made up of parents and their more children living
together. A single parent family is one where there is one parent and one or
more children.
2. An extended family or joint family means father, mother, daughter, sons,
grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces and nephews.

Psychologist Maslow has divided needs of a family into two categories:

Basic needs : Food, shelter, clothing, health, education and security.
Additional needs : Love, affection, respect, freedom, self-development
and belongings.

Every family should have the objective of the welfare, development and prosperity.
There must be a balance between the size and the resources on income of the
Family Life Education so that they will be aware of their physical, mental,
social and emotional development. The most important things about Family Life
Education is that it helps newly married couple and parents to understand and
perform their responsibilities effectively and successfully. Hence, Family Life
Education helps to extricate and teaches them the suitable behavior to cope with
the problems.

Key Words

contraceptives : means by which impregnating a woman can be prevented
intend : purpose
optimal : best or ideal
adolescent : a teenager
extricate : to free

Write an essay on “Importance of family life education “.
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