I think one account should be allowed to own or join multiple Steam families.
At present, the Steam family feature only allows players to join or create a family and invite other members to join.
But for traditional Chinese families, an individual does not only have one family.
Every adult under normal circumstances usually has two families: one family has its own brothers and sisters and its own parents; Another family has their own wife and children, known as the "original family" and "their own small family.".
If the term "Steam Family" is only applicable to young families with one to two parents and a few children, then only one to two "adult" accounts are allowed. Therefore, I believe that the application of the "Steam Family" feature is not so narrow.
It still exists that there are all adults in a family. So, for those who have not yet married and had children in this family, after experiencing both, according to traditional Chinese beliefs, they should have two families. Whether in terms of lifestyle habits or beliefs, they should not be forced to leave either family.
In my own small family, I need to purchase games for my children to play, while in my original family, my parents and underage siblings also need me to purchase games.
There is no need to question whether my parents play games, because my father has been saving money every month to buy cassette tapes since he was in his teens, and so far, in his fifties, he still plays games every day.
So I suggest that for each Steam account, it should be allowed to join or create two families. Or allow to join a Steam family while also creating a Steam family.
The above viewpoint was translated from Chinese to English using translation software. The following is the original Chinese viewpoint:
我认为应当允许一个账号拥有或加入多个steam家庭。
现阶段的steam家庭功能只允许玩家加入或创建一个家庭，并邀请其他成员加入。
但是对中国传统家庭来说，一个人是不只拥有一个家庭的。
每个正常情况下的成年人，一般是拥有两个家庭的：一个家庭里有自己的兄弟姐妹和自己的父母；另一个家庭里有自己的妻子和孩子们，即“原生家庭”和“自己的小家庭”。
如果按照“steam家庭”只是针对于一到两个家长和几个孩子这种“年轻态”家庭来说，steam家庭只允许设置一到两个“成年”身份的账号就可以，所以我认为“steam家庭”功能的应用并没有这么狭隘。
一个家庭内都是成年人的情况还是存在的。那么这个家庭内尚未结婚生子的人在经历这二者后，在中国传统观念上，他们应当是拥有两个家庭的，不管是在生活习惯上还是在观念上，他们并不应当被迫退出这二者任何一个家庭。
在“自己的小家庭”里，我需要购买游戏来让孩子们游玩，而在“原生家庭”里，自己的父母和未成年的弟弟妹妹也需要我来购买游戏。
不需要质疑父母是否玩游戏，因为我父亲从他十几岁的时候就每个月攒钱买卡带了，迄今为止，五十多岁的他仍然每天都会玩游戏。
所以我建议针对每一个steam账号，应当允许加入或创建两个家庭。或者允许加入一个steam家庭的同时允许创建一个steam家庭。