Often people have wondered how, or rather why, is a family important for an individual. This question has especially been put up by people who are living alone, away from their family. The simple answer to the question is that a family plays a very important role in shaping up the personality as well as the life of an individual. A family full of loving and caring members can make your life heaven, while an abusive family can make you see hell on earth. Leaving aside the exceptions, family acts as a safe cocoon for an individual, where he can find love when the whole world has rejected him.