in recent years, there is the phrase 'daddy-is-the-key' that is popular in the internet, which means if you have a good family which is either rich or dominant, you will have a brighter future than others. even though it is a joke that someone made it for satirize people who depend on their parents in almost every thing, it is like a mirror which reflects how important a family is for a person to succeed. i can't agree more that nowadays, it is much easier to achieve success with help from one's family than what is like before.what is our society nowadays like? information explosion, rapid development of science and technology especially the communication technique, which let us only to click on a 'send 'bottom to send a email instead of traveling a long distance to talk with our family. just like me, my college is in a big city which is not the one my parents live, so we usually use the smartphone app WeChat to communicate with each other if there is nothing serious. and because of the one-child policy in China, perhaps most family only have one child, the child has no other relatives that have blood relationship with him. the thing is, i don't have neither a aunt nor a cousin, i am the only child in my family. so parents will try their best to help their the only child to be a successful person.it is no doubt that to be successful, one need have advanced ability among some other people, like the major knowledge, creativity, communicating techniques and the ability to grasp the chance. this is the fundamental factor for a person to succeed. but if we have the extra help from pur family, we can get closer to success. what assistance can our family give us? in my opinion, it may be financial help and relationship. i think people will firstly think of their parents when they are in trouble especially related to money. i do remember my father once told me that whenever and whatever you come across difficulties, ask me for help. i will support you forever. i can't describe what i felt when i heard this. i just think that family is always my most important thing. as for the relationship, it is the one that family can't provide us if in the old society. in ancient times, there was strict social hierarchy and people in different class can't have communication at all. let's take China as an example, in ancient Chinese society, there were four classes in it, official, farmer, worker and businessman. of course business is the lowest class in the society. at that time, no matter how rich a businessman was, he just couldn't wear a pair of shoes with the same color! in this kind of society, how could a family help their children with its relationship? but it is different in modern days, we have friends and we always say that a friend of my friend is also my friend, so our parents can help us for asking their friends for help, and also their friends' friends. even though we have less relatives now than in the past, we can still get help from our family even easier than the past. all in all, what i want to say is it is much easier to achieve success with help from one's family than what is like before.