Family and Community

Joint and nuclear families, what families and communities do for their members, community helpers, and the values of sharing, care and service.

Key ideas

A joint family has several generations living together; a nuclear family has parents and their children.
A family cares for and protects its members, shares work and money, and passes on values, stories and traditions.
A community is a group of people who live in the same area or share interests and help one another.
Community helpers such as doctors, teachers, postmen and sanitation workers serve everyone.
Sharing household work is cooperation; caring for elders shows responsibility.
Communities support their members in hard times, such as floods or storms.
“Vasudhaiva kutumbakam” teaches us to treat the whole world as one family.

Joint family	grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts and children together
Nuclear family	parents and their children
Community	families in one area sharing common needs
Vasudhaiva kutumbakam	the whole world is one family
Community kitchen	shows sharing and service
Share of an amount	amount ÷ 100 × the number out of every 100

Mixing up joint and nuclear families.
Thinking only paid workers are community helpers: neighbours and volunteers help too.
Saying household work has no value because it is unpaid.

A family earns ₹50,000 a month and spends 40 out of every 100 rupees on food. How much does it spend on food?

Working: ₹50,000 ÷ 100 × 40

Answer: ₹20,000