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Symbolic interactionist approach concerns with the marriages and families as processes more than as structures. For symbolic interactionists, the family is a site of social reproduction in which meanings are negotiated and maintained by family members. They also focus on the changing meanings attached to family. They argue that emotional bonds among the members of the family are built, reinforced and regenerated by shared activities. These shared activities such as family meals and holidays are symbolic mechanism rituals. Symbolic interactionists also argue that marriage and family relationships are based on negotiated meanings, and examine how family members interact on a daily basis and arrive at shared understandings of their situations.