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Star K media type="file" key="Oral Essayy star.mp3"  __Families – Essential Part of Life__         ‘Family’ is a word that is often heard, but what does it truly mean? People often wonder why a family is important for any individual. Family members are vital part of our everyday life. They know how to encourage you to pursue your hopes and dreams, and will be there by your side in times of difficulties, while also helping you to have a balanced and healthy life.  Families are the key into leading an individual to the right path and attitude in early in life. Starting with our parents, they will take care of our needs, ensure we stay healthy, provide food and shelter, educate and develop our beliefs since we were small. They also motivate us and sometimes push us forward in order to reach the family goals and making it possible to achieve our personal ambitions. A family plays a very important role in shaping up the personality of a person as well as moulding their way of life. Elder family members discipline us by using their experiences and lessons learned in order to teach us what’s right and wrong. They are the ones who we want to take advice from because we know that they are always right based on their wisdom. On the other hand, younger family members such as siblings provide company and partner to play, share common interests and have fun. The goals you set for yourself in life are dependent on the way you were brought up by your family.  Family members are the very few people in the world who will genuinely care and have concerns for your well being. No matter where you are, they will be the ones who you want to be with because you will feel comfortable and secure with them around. Although at times it feels that they are interfering too much in your life, it is only because they care for you. Unlike families, friends come and go rather than always being there for you. Family members can relate and understand each other. They will make you feel that in life you belong to an identity or clan. They also help you with your self esteem. Children are usually closer to their parents and their siblings as compared to any other person in this world.  Families also help balance your life so that you will have a happy and fulfilling livelihood, and achieve personal happiness. My parents, for example, would discipline me to take time off work, relax and to finish my school work without delays so that I have time doing non-school related activities. Their objective is to release my stress. They taught me about our family’s heritage by practicing our customs and traditions. Life would not be balanced if we only have friends around us because a family life is more diverse with a lot more interactions. A family also conduct more activities to create a more balanced life; either physical or spiritual activities. Family members will also support each other in time of difficulties. If you do not have a family, your activities can be limited to what you want only, thus not being able to achieve a balanced life.  In conclusion, a loving family is essential to a person’s life. You will behave according to the discipline and tradition of your family. How you develop as a person is very much dependent on your family, and how you are raised as a child has a life long effect on your personality. The family members have their own different characteristics that affect you in a way how they treat you. For example, a mother can be very loving and caring with her child, while the father can be strict, intolerant and disciplinary to provide the balance. Meanwhile your siblings are like your friends whom you can share things. They are our loyal supporters and without them, we will not feel good about ourselves knowing that there is no one that we can count on for help. They are the key to balance your life. Without them, life would be empty and lonely. 