The family is one of the most important fields for the production, transmission, and reproduction of culture. However, the desirable pattern of cultural capital within this field has received limited systematic attention. This study aims to identify this pattern and explain the mechanisms underlying its production and reproduction. Drawing on Bourdieu’s framework for analyzing forms of cultural capital and considering Islamic-Iranian values and norms as the basis for defining its desirable content, the study examines the pattern of cultural capital in the family field. In terms of its objective, the study is applied; methodologically, it adopts a qualitative approach based on documentary content analysis. The documentary corpus comprises Ayatollah Khamenei’s statements from 2005 to 2025, seven national development plans, and 18 official documents and resolutions concerning family, culture, education, and lifestyle. The data were analyzed deductively using Bourdieu’s three forms of cultural capital: embodied, objectified, and institutionalized. The findings indicate that desirable cultural capital within the family field manifests in three forms: embodied cultural capital, reflected in dispositions, skills, and internalized orientations; objectified cultural capital, expressed through media, cultural products, and cultural spaces; and institutionalized cultural capital, embodied in education, specialized services, laws, and policies. These forms interact in a cyclical, feedback-driven relationship, and cultural reproduction depends on their alignment. Family-centeredness serves as the organizing principle, while Islamic-Iranian identity provides the interpretive framework. The study also identifies counter-values that conflict with this framework and highlights the role of intergenerational transmission in cultural capital reproduction. Accordingly, family policymaking requires an integrated approach encompassing its cultural, educational, and institutional dimensions.