Ibrahim+F

**__ By: Ibrahim Fermawi __** I believe that the most important thing in life is family. All through out life people live in families. When a person is a child they live with either their parents or guardians. Later in life they get married and make their own families. People need families because they provide company and support. Families may differ from culture to culture but families are important all over the world because a family is all a person needs to live a happy life. Different cultures have different kinds of families but all over the world families are expected to be there for each other. In Western society people normally consider their immediate family important while in Arab society the idea of family includes cousins, often a whole tribe. In western society people usually are not very close to their far family, like cousins and second cousins, but in Arab society people are expected to be close to every family member. However, in both cultures people are expected to love family and to care for them even if they don’t know each other so well. One of the reasons for why I think families are so important is because of the support people are given by and give their families. People in the same families love and support each other. Children are supported by their parents and old people are supported by their children. All people need some kind of support throughout their lives and only a family can support you all your life for no pay. In different societies this support is shown in different ways. For example, in Arab societies old people usually live with their families while in western societies families pay for the elderly people to be cared for in homes. In different cultures families have different restrictions on young people. However all over the world all parents have some kind of rule over children. In the Arab communities kids can stay out of the house until early morning where in the West most people have to be home earlier. In the West however parents are less concerned about mixing of genders. In Arab society it is prohibited. These examples show how different cultures have different religious and cultural rules which are usually followed, but the goal is to protect the young. With this I conclude my analysis on why I believe family is the most important element to life, regardless of culture. Families offer support to its members, especially the old and the young. All families are different but if there is one thing that all families share in common I would say that it is the love which family members have for each other.
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