CEVAP:

People are in need of being fed, being protected from natural and social dangers, and biological reproduction. Family as a primary unit in which domestic and sexual relationships and the socialization process take place, and the main needs of human beings are met within the family. The family provides food and shelter for children; establish necessary and powerful bonds among family members, especially among parents and children. The sexual and social dependency relationship among women and men is expressed in the family. The family also passes down the properties, status and positions to newer generations. Depending upon these points, functionalists claim that the family fulfills the fundamental needs of human beings.