The study of families and how they operate is of great interest to us for several reasons.
Family life has enormous power in people's lives.
How we respond to our other choices in life, may, to some measure, reflect the experiences we received in family life. I would make the case that the family is more than a collection of individuals thrown together by accident. Classmates at school form because they live in the same neighborhood and happen to be the same age. The same is not true with our families. Even though you may never have met your mother, you cannot undo the relationship she has with you.