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The necessity of a family in the modern world.

The object of my project work is family and moral values in the mordern world. The subject of the work are the influence of the family on the main character of the book "Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, opinion of Russian and English psychologists and sociologists to the problem of a family and moral values, and attitude of modern teenagers to a family and philosophical concepts “happiness”, “the meaning of life”.

Family is still one of the most important social institutions and it must be kept.

To clear out the role of the family in the upbringing of children and significance of the family for their future.

The world is constantly changing and everything around is changing too. But while working on the project I have come to conclusion that some values remain. Family has been existing for centuries. People aspire to living in the society where there is a reliable family, mutual understanding, readiness to help, where people are appreciated according to their value not to their money. Mankind has always striven for it. Unfortunately, it is not easy to achieve. I have analysed the work by Charles Dickens and can conclude that the role of a family is really great. It can spoil the child’s life or help in his future. Even in the 19th century, writers tried to attract attention to the problem of a family and moral values. I have learnt interesting facts about the models of upbringing. Upbringing influences all your future life and it can cause some problems in future or on the contrary can help to achieve a success. That is why parents should be careful while choosing a model of upbringing. They should bear in mind that cooperation can help their children be valuable, successful and as a result happy. I have compared some works of philosophers, psychologists, sociologists. All of them are sure that relatives and true friends make you happy not money. Be generous, helpful, hard-working, sympathetic and it will bring you happiness in return. I have asked my peers about the concepts of family, happiness, meaning of life. The survey shows that my classmates take these problems seriously. Fortunately, the majority of them are brought up in the atmosphere of cooperation. I hope it will be useful in their future life. They consider that happiness includes, first of all, having a family, love, health, career. The conclusion is that the institution of a family needs to be preserved and taken care of.

My project work is useful for everybody. For adults, who are already parents, should be careful while choosing a model of upbringing. For teenagers who should realize that a family is the foundation of our society. For people, who are thinking of their meanings of lives and what the happiness is.

I have read a novel “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. It was just on the Eve of Christmas and it made a great impression on me. It shows the transformation of a greedy, angry man into a generous, good-natured one. The author touches upon very urgent problems. These are philosophical questions and many people try to answer them. What helps us to be happy? What is the role of the family in our life? Where are the roots of our happiness? What is the meaning of our life? The book made me think of all these questions.

I think that the problem of upbringing in the family is closely connected with the meaning of life and happiness. Russian philosopher S. L. Frank wrote: “The question of meaning of life disturbs everybody. This question is not a theoretical one. This question is the question of life itself”.

This question is actual for teenagers beginning our life. Modern world has many temptations. In Europe, they speak about gay-marriages, gay-families with children. More and more young people think about civil union without officially registering a marriage. Who will help us understand what is wrong and choose the necessary one? To my mind, our nearest can do it - our parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters. Family is one of the most important institutions in helping us. I have made up my mind to clear up some points. It is interesting to know what scientists, psychologists, sociologists think about it. It is necessary to know in which way family influences child’s future, how the relationships in the family have been changing during the centuries.