The family replaces goverment rules with their own because of the absence of a nation-wide government.
A child's social life in Afghanistan takes place within his or her family.
The main part of the family is the mother-in-law, the daughters-in-law and daughters, with the older woman at the top of the household.
In families with more than one wife, each wife has her own room in the house with her own belongings and furnishings. A relation between the co-wives in Afghanistan can be sister-like and they sometimes will share chores. Most Afghanistan men don't get a second wife.
In traditional middle-class homes, the man of the house leaves daily to work at jobs. The working women are still expected to spend time within the family, not with people at work.
