The objective of this study was to examine the functionality of households, from the perspective of parents and adolescents in the district municipality of Arauca three, This study was conducted using a quantitative approach, for which the applied subscale dimensional family relationhips 10 primary nuclei of the commune three municipality of Arauca. This scale assessed five factors that determine the level of family functioning, these being: problem solving and Titulillo: funcionalidad familiar 9 responsibility, negotiation of rules and routines, maintaining hierarchies, communication, empathy, values and principles and parental teamwork and express emotions. The sample analyzed highlights that children show a level lower than that of fathers and mothers, evidenced between the level of functionality rarely and moderately satisfactory, mothers prevail in a higher level of family satisfaction.