Marriage and Family Relationship Studies
Despite modern liberal attempts to re-define the nature of what a family is, most conservative authors agree that marriage is defined as the lifelong partnership between a husband and wife and that a family involves a parent or parents rearing children. Extended family relationships include grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces and the like. It has long been recognised that the nations that have strong and stable marriage and family institutions are themselves strong as the family unit forms the building block of all societies. These studies are designed to provide helpful information of the aspects and qualities of sound and strong marriages and families.