Coming of age

There was no specific age as which an Egyptian child would become an adult. Circumcision was done to men as a rite of passage, a few officials have wrote about "fastening on the girdle," which seems to have been a ritual preceding the assumption of duties we would consider to be adult responsibilities. Marrying, establishing a household, raising children and taking care of old relatives who were left without a home, were duties of the adult. Apart from some child marriages arranged for dynastic reasons, most young people got married when they were economically and physically ready to do so. For girls this often happened shortly after the beginning of menstruation; boys, who were expected to provide a home for their wife, were a few years older.

Family

A typical family structure in ancient Egypt would be similar to what it's like in Egypt today with the father as head of the household and in charge for the family's economic well being. Matrimony was necessary for the economic well being of the couple, through the division of labor and to beget offspring. Monogamy was the general custom of the family structure in Egypt.