"Family" and its Role in Cultural Security

Family in Iranian society, as the most important social unit, has an unbreakable link with cultural security and the continuity of desirable characteristics of Iranian-Islamic identity. This function has undergone changes in recent years, so that it seems that in the coming years, the undisputed role of Family in strengthening the cultural security of the society will be challenged. The question of this article is what factors have challenged the functional relationships of the family and cultural security and reduced the influence of the family institution on strengthening the cultural security in the society. In response to this question, the present article deals with the functional relationship of Family on the category of cultural security and examines the challenges in this regard. Manifestations of new and different lifestyles from the traditional framework, the capacity of social networks in giving identity and the contradiction of socialization in the family with formal socialization patterns are among the most important challenges in weakening the functional relationships of Family and cultural security.