What role does family play in society?

The role of a family in a society is essentially to teach children skills, morals and values that will help them become better people

Families have a crucial role in social development. It socializes children, provides emotional and practical support for its members, helps regulate sexual activity and sexual reproduction, and provides its members with a social identity.

unless they converted, many non-christians (mainly jews and muslims) were persecuted

answer; researchers typically cannot control people's sexual behaviors as would be necessary in an experiment;