Politics, Economics and Law

Today’s world has acquired dynamics which generate continuous changes more accelerated each time. Technological innovation facilitates communication in such a way that one culture’s changes rapidly influence another culture. As society transforms, families and, of course, the relationships between family and the different social agents also change. It is desirable to study the relationships between the family, society and State.

Family, which still is the most important referent in our lives, has witnessed many of its characteristics change – some which seemed unchangeable only a few decades ago. Currently, families are smaller than ever, on one hand because coexistence with grandparents’ generations is more rare each time, and on the other hand, because couples do not have many children. The study of these and other aspects of family relationships, society and state must be conducted scientifically.

Sociology, Demography and Statistics

Family is the natural and fundamental element of society. Sociology is the science which deals with the structure and functioning of human societies, and therefore, the serious treatment of this science contributes to a better understanding of social and cultural movements of all times.

In some cases it is necessary to use some secondary sciences such as statistics and demography to quantify aspects of social human life. With these sciences, it is possible to approach statistic studies of a human group, referred to a determined moment or to its projection.

Education and Pedagogy

Parents are the first educators. To educate is to teach how to be, education humanizes. One educates when helping others in the development and perfection of their intellectual and moral faculties, acting upon his/her intelligence and will.

The possibilities of an organized society, the professional and ethical will of the citizens depends on the education received. Pedagogy is the science which deals with education and teaching.

Social Communication and Arts

To communicate is to make the other person tune in with what is inside of us. The world of communications is the first areopagus of modern times, capable of unifying humanity, as it is said, in a “global village”. Means of social communication have reached such a importance that they are for many people the main guidance and inspiration instrument for their individual, familiar and social behavior. The internet does not only provide us with resources for greater information, but it also get people in the habit on interactive communication.

Biomedicine

The human person has two modalities: man and woman. In the conjugal relationship its physiological and psychological aspects come into effect as an inseparable unity, since in the conjugal giving the human person gives him/herself as complement, he in his position as man, and she as woman. The biological aspects of its modalities allow each individual to serve its species according to its specific way of being man or woman. This is its biological sense.

Advances in biomedicine, as positive as well as vertiginous, and are continually opening lines of investigation which lead to new techniques that are offered at the service of man. As in any other science, in this too knowledge can be used -by mistake- against natural law. Therefore, it is necessary to study and relate reference points which will limit and ensure that the positive caudal of knowledge won't turn against man: Bioethics.

Biomedicine establishes systematic relationships between human biology and the person's health. In its relationship with marriage it should not break the unity between cause and effect of human sexuality, that is, it should not break the union between conjugal unity and procreation in any of its two directions: it should not look for sexual activity forbidding procreation nor should it pursue artificial procreation independently from sexuality.

The correct and complete understanding of these aspects will contribute to an adequate vision of sexuality and love in the context of the family.

Psychology, Psychopathology and Therapy

Matters related to how human beings grow and develop, from their conception until old age allows one to better understand people’s behavior and how life is experienced in each one of its stages. It is possible to analyze, from the point of view of family life, each one of the person’s growth stages and the repercussion each growth and development moment has on the family.