Traditional Family Structure – 8
7/13/2025
This message discusses the traditional family structure that is sometimes known as a nuclear family, an elementary family, an atomic family, or a conjugal family. Readers need not post replies stating that there are other successful structures. I acknowledge that in Message Number Three. Having previously lived in the Los Angeles area for many years, I have seen successful family structures that would cause a Pilgrim to have a stroke.
A traditional family is created by a male adult that likes a female adult who likes the male adult. They develop a committed, social bond to have and raise one or more infants. These adults will live by common abstract concepts that are valued by society. Together they strive to deliver their offspring into society as young adults that will be educated, skilled, tolerant of others, and motivated to become self-reliant.
The traditional family structure has existed for thousands of years. If world society were to be obliterated through nuclear war or natural disaster, the few people that will live will be those living in the traditional structure among extended families and communities like that discussed in Message Number Three.
Based on information he has shared in his videos, Mark Laita grew up in a traditional family structure. It is not necessary to view a hundred of his videos to know many of the challenged people shown did not. His stated purpose is to encourage Americans to strive to provide their children with better homes and decrease the number of challenged people like many he interviews.
To accomplish Mark’s goal will involve development of greater knowledge and understanding of society. As I mentioned in “Helping the Bell Toll Less in Our Social World - Number One,” this is where we lag behind. Today, years later, we still experience many of the same social problems we had when I was six. But during the same years, we have sent people to the moon, sent one satellite out of our solar system, and placed cameras on Mars.
We are great with physical things, but to improve society, we must develop greater knowledge and understanding of abstract social issues.
Additional messages will explore some of these issues.
Note: Those interested in understanding social issues might read my messages in the order noted. So far this is the eighth.