Family Culture

I have found the sweet sixteen party is quite similar to a Quinceañero birthday party. Probably the most distinct similarities are that they are both an event that celebrates a girl’s transition from childhood to womanhood. They are both an important part of the culture, as well as are quite elaborate and usually expensive, depending on the type of party the parents want. They celebrate when a girl becomes a woman, which is a major stage in life because adults have more privileges and responsibilities. This is a big part of their culture because it is celebrated by almost all Spanish girls when they become women. Most of the time, these parties are elaborate, as they only happen to a person once in their entire

To the outside world, I appear to belong to the Traditional White Nuclear Family culture, but my family included co-cultures and subcultures that were rare in the suburban south.

Where do family values stand in today’s world? There is the traditional family that make ends meet no matter what and more common today is the modern family that take divorce like it is no big deal. Kingslover and White give great examples of what a traditional family is like and how the modern family is taking over. The world makes it easy to deplete family values in this day and age but really divorce has been considered for centuries. Divorce has become a regular occurrence and highly prevalent in today’s society, which is focused upon and exemplified throughout the essay “Stone Soup,” whereas, traditional family values and permanent marital status is shown in “Once More to the Lake.”

What does your family want from you in terms of traditions that you are expected to uphold on account of your ethnic background?

What do individuals think of when they hear the term First Family? Normally people think of the President, his wife, and their children, but it can be much more extensive. In the book First Family by David Baldacci, Pam Dutton, sister of the First Lady, is murdered. Pam’s daughter, Willa, is kidnapped during the attack on the Dutton family. Tuck, father of the Dutton family, is badly injured in the attack. The Secret Service provides little protection to relatives to the President, so the Dutton family is an open target. Two detectives who arrive at the crime scene while the crime is taking place take upon the investigation. Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are appointed to investigate the crime under the orders of the First Lady. The title is

Ethnicity differences are apparent from one family to another. Language, beliefs, and values passed down from our ancestors define who we are in the world. As America becomes more diverse, it is important to understand how a family’s culture can influence differences from your own. I will be comparing and contrasting family life’s between African Americans and Europeans. As a person with European descent, I have experienced many situations where my views have conflicted with those from other cultures. The object of the research is to better understand the difference between cultures and express value in unique families. I believe it is every human being’s responsibility to understand and appreciate other families for who they are.

There are different cultures around the world, and I have yet to see them, but I belong to the culture of America while retaining most of the same values and beliefs as one. There are many co-cultures to which I could possibly belong to. Throughout the years it could have changed and morphed throughout my life-span, the short lived one so far.

As a mother receiving this invitation my original reaction would be confusion. With the Christmas songs being sung from different countries this party sounds like a cultural one, which strikes me as odd that they would serve something as controversial as pork. For me specifically I was raised in a Jewish household, with no pork.

I believe the culture in Utah places great emphasis on the family unit. Families strive to find ways to spend time together in order to strengthen those relationships. Strengthening family relationships provides a secure foundation for school aged children. According to Brooks (2013), “family game times and reading books together bring families closer together and establish greater feelings of emotional security in children” (p. 294). When I moved to Utah several years ago, I noticed how many families have time set aside one night each week for family time. I have also discovered that families put great emphasis on reading together as a family and make weekly trips to the library. These activities will strengthen relationships and give children

Family traditions and cultural legacies contribute to an individual’s self-identity since it is the fabric of where they came from, who they are, and where they’re heading. How do family traditions and cultural legacies contribute to and/or inhibit an individual’s self-identity?

“My Husband’s Lover” is an article from the New York Times discussing a wife and her husband’s ever-changing relationship and how that has impacted the way they parent. The wife is the narrator of the article. She tells of the highlights and challenges of her marriage and how these things influence their relationship with their child. I could relate their relationship back to the chapter on how cultural differences affect parenting styles. I saw this to be true in the telling of the authors’ marriage and family. Her husband’s culture dictates his priorities, views, and beliefs when it comes to how he parents and how involved he is with the family. The wife’s culture certainly seems to affect her view on parenting as well, however since the wife/mom of the story is the narrator we see things from her point of view and the husbands/fathers culture seems to be a bit of a hardship in their relationship. It is a hurdle she’s learned to overcome.

Before referring to the impact of culture on families, I will say that culture is known as knowledge, art, beliefs, law, morals, customs and all habits and skills acquired by man not only in the family but also to be part of a society as a member that is. It is also defined as a set of ideas, behaviors, symbols and social practices learned from generation to generation through life in society. The family is defined as a group of people linked by blood, marriage, or adoption; usually centered on a married couple, their dependents, and relatives. Although there have also been non-traditional families made up of people who are not linked by blood or marriage and are now found more frequently in many regions of the world.

Modern Family is a sitcom that first aired in 2009 that focuses on many prevalent issues including cultural differences in families. The US was a nation founded upon immigration and now embraces the term as “melting pot” (National Review). The Pew Research Center reports that currently about ten percent of children are mixed race (VOA News). Many children have the influence of two or more cultures within their families. Yet the influence of culture can extend in the environment as well. Growing up with Chinese parents but living in America I can feel the impact of both cultures and I am appreciative of both. There are moments in Modern Family where we can see both the “melting pot” of the Delgado-Pritchett marriage and the tension caused by the different cultures, and I find there are reasons why the sitcom portrays both perspectives.

While looking upon my personal culture and my family’s culture in an attempt to find appropriate dishes for this assignment, it became apparent to me that I have no definite culture. Whereas I have lived in Canada my whole life, my family’s background has engaged me in varying cultures, though I have never felt truly attuned to one culture. On the other hand, my father is a first generation Canadian, his parents both from Scotland. Though aware of my Scottish origins and my grandparents’ migration to Canada, Scottish culture has never been explicitly celebrated amongst those in my family. Furthermore, my family previously migrated from Ireland during the Irish famine, resulting in Irish culture to also represented in my family’s culture. Variously, my mother’s side of the family has lived in Canada for many generations, but I do not consider myself as being authentically Canadian. Accordingly, throughout my childhood, I was never encouraged to celebrate an explicit culture. Furthermore, religion was never prominent in my life either, as my parents decided against baptizing any of my siblings and me, as per the family tradition, because they wished for us to have religious freedom. However, because of the rest of my family’s religion, as well as my background, my family has always celebrated Christian holidays, though I have never been to church for a reason other than a wedding. I find that without any cultural ties from my family’s history and practices, that the culture I

My cultural identity has been well established by my family of origin. From my perspective, my family is one-sided because I do not spend much time with my father’s family. They have not impacted my cultural identity in the overarching way that my mother’s family has. My mother is Syrian and Spanish and my grandmother is Syrian. We have not met my mother’s father so we have never associated ourselves in terms of ethnicity as Spanish. My mother has physical characteristics that appear Spanish, but she has never recognized Spanish as a part of her ethnicity. The idea that ethnicity and culture are learned from family is something that is truly significant and true in my life and those around me. Although my dad is German, my mom is