Gladys/ A Strong family foundation is the best way to address social ills. Do you agree?

Strong family foundations may be considered as the best way to condone social problems as family members can influence an individual at a more personal level, allowing ethical values to be instilled at a young age. Education of moral values, led by example by one's parents is able to tackle the problems of social ills like teenage pregnancy and high divorce rates. This is because of the positive influence shown to them since young which can instil the right moral values in the children at a tender age. By doing so, the children will then be grounded in the right moral values, hence not easily influenced by other beliefs which may lead to social ills. Statistics in a research has shown that 22% of girls from two-parent, intact families have had sex at least once, compared to 44% of the girls from other types of families. This shows that strong family foundations are able so address some of the social ills rampant in society. However, strong family foundations are not able to address all the social ills as it is limited in what it can do. Strong family foundations are only able to address issues within the family, which can be controlled by the parents like crime rates and premarital sex. However, it is unable to address problems like the incompetency of the government which leads to widespread poverty or a global recession which is out of their control. Such circumstances are not in the control of the family unit, but still adversely affect the whole society. For example, the 2008 global recession affected many families in Singapore as many people became unemployed or faced income reductions. This, although a social ill, cannot be prevented or combated with a strong family foundation. Hence, a strong family foundation, although good in addressing some social ills, is not able to address all the social ills as the best method.