Nowadays, the value orientations and behavioral patterns of the younger generation have undergone significant changes. These changes can create differences in opinion between children and their parents, potentially leading to the fragmentation of the family institution. The present study examines the conditions under which value conflicts emerge within families and the mechanisms for addressing such conflicts. To achieve this, twelve in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with young residents of Mashhad, and the findings were analyzed using grounded theory methodology. Following the three-stage coding process—open, axial, and selective—a conceptual framework corresponding to these classifications was extracted. Based on the research findings, a central phenomenon titled 'The Iranian Family as a Sphere of Social Adaptation beyond Ideological Conflicts' was formulated. This phenomenon is influenced by factors such as parental religious patterns and their transformations over time, parental awareness of youths' beliefs, reciprocal influence between parents and children, prevailing cultural traditions, secondary socialization processes affecting youth, economic and social status, family background, educational experiences of young people, and parents' cultural capital. In response to the identified central phenomenon, young individuals adopt strategies such as 'transactional negotiation,' 'individualization of beliefs,' 'argumentation and self-imposition on parents,' 'pretending,' and 'implicit mutual influence from parents.' These reactions result in consequences such as 'relative stability of the family institution,' 'gradual secularization of belief systems,' and 'continued effective presence of the family institution in young people's lived experiences.