Harmonious Family in the Perspective of the New Belimbing Village Community

Abstract

This article describes how the mindset of rural communities tends to be normative about the concept of a harmonious family. The new Belimbing Village community is a humble society and always carries out their life in accordance with religious teachings, in this case the religion of Islam. Family harmony is the dream of every married couple. Harmony means the existence of harmony, equivalence, and harmony between men and women in the household as husband and wife. Harmony also concerns harmony with other family members, namely children. Building a harmonious household is not easy. The road to the realization of a harmonious family is not always flat, flat, smooth, and without obstacles. An understanding of a harmonious family in rural communities shows functional aspects such as love, affection, cooperation, balanced division of labor and intensive communication. Efforts to create a harmonious family are carried out by cultivating self-awareness with equality between men and women. Another factor is the awareness of the existence of other family members, so there are fathers, mothers and children. The next step is to establish communication between family members.