Family Quotes

"Delinquency in children often represents a search for someone to care enough to set limits."

"A child's anti-social behavior may be an unconscious plea for the environment to care."

"Kinship is the fundamental organizing principle of all human society."

"The family is the primary unit of cultural transmission."

"The study of kinship is the study of how societies reproduce themselves."

"Kinship is the original form of social organization"

"The family, not the individual, is the atom of society."

"Kinship is the most important principle of social organization in primitive societies."

"The family is the foundation of all social structures."

"Kinship terms reflect social relationships and values."

"The study of kinship is the study of how societies organize human relationships."

"The family is the basic unit through which culture is transmitted."

"Kinship systems are maps of how societies conceptualize human relationships."

"The family is both a biological fact and a social construct."

"Kinship is the invisible architecture upon which all social order rests."

"The family that endures is built on stories, not blood alone."

"The family is the foundation of all social organization"

"Through initiation rites, societies ensure that each generation is reborn into the values and meanings they hold dear."

"Descent and kinship create the framework through which societies organize themselves."

"Kinship is the language through which we express social relationships."

"The family is not a natural unit; it is a cultural invention."

"Family is the first system we inhabit"

"The reciprocal obligations of kinship bind society more strongly than law ever could."

"The family is the laboratory where all social arrangements are first tested."

"Kinship systems are not mere classification schemes but the foundation of social organization."

"The family unit is the building block upon which all larger social structures rest."

"Kinship creates bonds that are often more powerful than biological relationships."

"The meaning of kinship terms varies across cultures but their function remains constant."

"Family is the foundation of all human societies."

"The home is where we most fully enact the values and hierarchies of our society."