Family Life Education

The education given to the individual by the family and family members top fulfil the above needs is called family education.
Family life education is an essential educational process within the family.It provides education regarding the way of living,managment and preparation for successive future life to the adoloscene.Besides this,the education knowledge and skills regarding the accepted age of marriage causes of delayed marriage,way of maternal-child,health care,planning of family,right and responsibilities as future parents,methods of developing and maintaining the healthy relation among the family members,planning for old age etc are transmitted to the adolescene and the growing individual.Thus,the family education provides the base and ability to learn,choose and take creative and responsible dicisions independently regarding himself/herself and to the society.In this context the family is the very foundation upon which socity is built and of all social institutions exerts the greatest influence.Fundamental behaviour patterns such as eating,sleeping,elimination as well as many emotional reaction to people and to situation are laid in the family.In facts the family provides an enviroment where a child can develop physically,mentally,socially and spiritually.Thus,we many say that the family education is the process of education which helps the child and individual to gain their physical,social,moral,ethical,emotional and other essential qualities to adjust in the dynamic society and to participate actively in the developmental task of society and nation.
The family education is the base of life.So it must be started from the very begining of life,or we may say that family education must be given from the early childhood.In this process,education should be based on the need,intrest,attitude,physical changes,developmental stage and their circumstance.
Importance of family life education;

• family life education helps to understand the fundamental behaviour patterns of the society.


• This types of education helps the individual for the adults life and future parenthood.


• family life education helps to develop the balance and healthy personality.


• this type of education helps to understand the socio-culture interaction,values,belief and relation to adjust in the dynamic process.


• it helps to develop healthy,co-0perative and co-odinated behaviours among the family members and with their age-mate.