The Family Then and Now Things were never easy within the family. But at a time when the family was oriented toward the production of goods, which alone made the survival of its members possible there was an obvious necessity and a rational base for their living (1) _________ and working together. Dire necessity did not permit putting into question the very existence of the family, despite of the great (2) _________ emotional demands living together made to each of its (3) _________ members. Today the main economic activities of the family are in the nature of consumption—how productive may be what some (4) _________ of its members do in society. And from an early age on, each member of the family could survive without its support—since society at large is ready to provide support. Also, it is quite (5) _________ easy to put the existence of the family into question. This happens very frequent, not just as families separate or fail to be (6) _________ formed, but also within families which in all outer appearance (7) _________ are still intact. But once the family needs seriously to justify its existence, it is no longer intact like a family in the old sense. (8) _________ The modern family, deprived of its ancient and firm basis in economic need, now tries to justify its existence through the (9) _________ emotional ties within it. These always were present, but they were a superstructure, good or bad, over the solid foundation of necessity. With the foundation of necessity moved, the emotions either tend to run rampant or to wither (10) _________ away.