Family Interview Research Paper

I had the pleasure of interviewing one of our church parisinors, Ms. Maria. Ms. Maria is 75 years old Hispanic woman who has been a widow for the past three years. Ms. Maria was basically a stay at home Mom when her children were young and when she did work she worked as an assembly line worker. Her wages were low and her pension that she currently receives is not enough to meet her monthly needs. Her husband was the main bread winner prior to him dieing of a massive heart attack at the age of 78 while he was at work. Her husband was a cook in a resturanrt and had decied to continue to work until some of their loans were paid off. Since his death, Ms. Maria has been depressed, anxious and struggling to make ends meet and has recently been diagnosed with hypertension. Her three children live out of state a don’t get to visit often.

They are on a regular diet with few restrictions on fried foods and fat intake. The children eat school lunch and the parents from outside restaurant choices. Mom tries to cook a meal a day after work or they seldom eat Subway or Pizza Hut. No variation in weight gain or weight loss reported. They try to eat dinner as a family at home on a regular basis. However, this was not feasible all of the time due to dad’s late night work hours and CH basketball practices after school. They generally get 6-7 hours of sleep per night and denied any sleep deprivation. No exercise program has been implemented by this family. CH is the only physically, athletic member. DH stated that he likes to ride his bike. The children are active in Sunday school and participate in summer camp.

provide for his family. When he turned 18, he decided to make the journey to the United States to better his future, as opportunities in El Salvador were stagnant. His father came from a small town in El Salvador, where the only choices for work were agriculturally or factory based. While he did not want to work on a farm in El Salvador once arriving in the United States in the 1980’s, he found a job working in the farming industry. To him, the industry here provided much more than his home country.

Abuse in today’s society can be broken down into numerous sections and types, those in which, people around the world experience it. Such forms include, but are not limited to, drug abuse, discrimination, physical and verbal abuse, and sexual abuse. Many of the aforementioned changes people’s outlook on life; however, personally, I have observed my friend’s sexual abuse, changing my view of perfect families. When all's said and done, individuals can only move forward in life, trusting that there will be a better day even after relationships have been torn apart.

I'm interviewing my mom, Amanda. Her life probably wasn’t that interesting, but why don t you see/read for yourself. But myself I think they all had a very good childhood, even if they didn’t all get exactly what they wanted when they wanted a toy or phone or anything else. And I think my mom loved her childhood because she could do anything. Okay lets find out what her childhood had been like back in the days.

My mom, Jenny Ryan grew up North of Manchester Iowa. She was 12 hanging out with her best friend named Sandi Schaffer. Her aunt invited her to go to Washington D.C. She had also got invited to her best friend’s house for a sleepover. She could not decide what she should do.

Both my mother and my step-father are from a small town in Tetzhu located in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico. They met in Dallas through family members from my mother’s side of the family, and had an instant connection. Although my mother already had my brother and I, he still took us in like his own children apart from the fact that he was only 19 years old at that time, and my mother was already about to be 30! Despite their age differences, there are very happy married to this day, and we now are a family of five. My youngest sister is now 8 years old, my brother is 17, and I am 21. We are all a very close family and I truly value what both of my parents have done for my siblings and I. I’m very grateful for having both of

In my efforts to gain a better understanding about my culture and where I came from, I interviewed three of my family members. I’ve choose my grandma, my dad and my mom. I asked them some questions to expand who I am. This is what they said.

I had the opportunity to conduct a family interview with one individual, at the Regional Psychiatric Centre (RPC). I interviewed Gerald, he has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and anxiety. Gerald had an unhealthy relationship with his father, continues to have an unhealthy relationship with his step-sister and has a healthy relationship with his mother. Gerald’s parents divorced when he was three years old and his mother gained full custody of him and allowed Gerald to visit his father. Gerald has a history of alcohol use since the age of nine, his abuse of alcohol and nonadherence to his medication contributed to his incarceration. Wright and Leahey () developed the

It is apparent that when questioned on the demographics of the interviewee family systems theory has instilled in the behavioural attributes of the interviewee and her family, in relation to her family she elaborates on the various roles of the family members (Janet.BB, 1982), such as the father being the bread winner, mother being the primary care giver (Interviewee, 2015). The family dynamics and power dynamics can be seen as there is a clear hierarchy within the house hold, as the male being the dominant head of the house, where as the female being the care givers this dynamic is referred to as the closed loop system.

Her oldest son is married and has a new born baby that takes a lot of work to care for. She supports them in any was she can. Even with a family as big as her she can still be a very supportive mother to everyone. Along with being supportive, Leslie is very giving of her time. There are eight people in the Harris family. This includes a married son, two college girls, one high school boy, one junior high girl, and a boy in grade school. Leslie also has three dogs and a 9 month old baby that she has part time custody of. Although she has a big family, she always makes time for each child and her friends. She took in a baby from a homeless lady at her church and watches and provides for him. Also, a few years back Leslie brought Manuel, her junior high kid, into her home from the streets of Mexico to stay and live with them. Even with all her family and friends, she still finds the time to be selfless and give her time to everyone. Leslie is the most kindhearted and caring person in my life.

Growing up, I never really understood what a “normal” family was supposed to look like. Before I was even born, my parents had split for good (although the were never married). I stayed primarily with my mother, and it was just the two of us for about four years, although we stayed with others along the way. I interviewed my mother about this time in her life and the struggles she went through, that those in a nuclear family might not experience.

For me, there is not one topic that I could chose to write my paper on. Throughout the semester so far, I have taken in interest in almost everything I have been taught, anywhere from depression to Baumrind’s parenting styles. When I was growing up my parents took the role of “Authoritative” when it came to the teachings of life itself. I have not always been a good kid and I know that may be surprising to many that know me now. I had my time when I thought I was “grown up” and could do what I want. That’s when my parents gave me limits, gave me rules that I had to follow and obey. I told myself they hated me, they didn’t love me, and they were punishing me because they didn’t want me. My parents wanted to show me the way I was acting was not going to get me anywhere in life and it worked. To this day, I don’t involve myself in situations where bad things can happen, I don’t talk back, and I do not think my parents hate me. Family means everything to me and that is something I realized when I was in high school. I have a sister; her name is Sara and she is one-year younger than me. We are Irish twins and like everyone else that has a sister, we fight, we argue, and we complain about how each one of us steals each other’s clothes. My sister means everything to me and the night I almost lost her I almost lost myself too.

Family is the reason I am here today. Without my mother Nailah and father Stacey, there would not be a Sekayi Rudolph. My grandparents come before them, from both sides. My family I would consider, is middle class. Within the stratification system, like I stated before were ranked in the middle of the hierarchy. The stratification system is one which society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy. We are not the richest, but we are not suffering from poverty. Personally, I would say I am in a blessed situation regarding the stratification system and would not be the person I am today if it was not for the journey I have been on for the past nineteen years.

I will be observing my Family members (Brother, Dad, Mom). A symbol we commonly use in our family is a Cross. There are many Crosses hung up around our household that represents our love for God and Church. It is a very important and symbolizing piece in our household that we hold very dear. My family believes in Christianity and the importance of God. My Parents also believe republicans are reasonable people and that you should earn what you work for. My parents value discipline and good morals in our household. They believe we should always work hard towards our desired goal. Having good manners is also another very important value in our family for example my brother and my dad are expected to hold the door open for my mom and I