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In this study the importance of family in modern times is examined. The family has lost many functions such as education, health and social security. Furthmore, in the modern period, the family structure changed a lot of domains including status, roles and parent relations. However, the importence of family continues for children, teenagers and adults. Because individuals gain basic behavioural qualities in family and get the parents as role models. Family is also of crucial importance in the process of social integration. Despite the changes in the family structure, many modern institutions are not like family for emotinal sharing or for role modelling. In this respect, a study was carried out in Kütahya Yetiştirme Yurdu. İn this place the teenage individuals were asked to answer a 46-question quastionnaire concerning their imaginations of a family and the results were analysed.

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