Family is the most valuable group of people in life. Family is whom you should also give your hand to, to be loyal to, after all they are who raised you. For me, family means somebody who is close to me, even by blood or by heart. Family is divided in six structures, and there is no best one. Each unit of family has its pros and cons. When I grow up, I want to have a nuclear family because it’s the one I live in right now and the one I want for my future. I see more advantages than disadvantages, and this structure has got my attention the most. However, some conditions can affect the best unit of family. In the book, We Need New Names, we deal with two types of situation that are common today, the nuclear and the extended family. Aunt Fostalina’s family is an example of nuclear family, which the members are Aunt Fostalina, Uncle Kojo, and TK. However, Darling’s family back in Paradise is an example of extended family, in which she lived with her mother, her father – when he came back from South Africa –, and with her grandmother.
It doesn’t exist the best unit or structure of family. The best one is the one that has no confusion, arguing, and the family is happy. The family that all the members are happy is the best one. For me, the best one is the nuclear family, what is the one in my house. There are four people: my father, my mother, my sister, and I, and we are all happy. All the four of us complete each other, so we don’t need anybody else to be in our family by blood
Family is constituted by individuals who live and work together. In the case of the Ung family, we see a high level of cooperation amongst
Family is understood as being descendants of the same ancestors. Family is understood as being born into or adopted into. Family helps to mold a person into adulthood. Family helps a person to know where they come from. I was taught that family is everything and that family are your biggest supporters. Family teaches a child the facts of life while keeping the family’s traditions alive. Although people have many different definitions of what family is and what it should be, the focus of this paper will be my maternal side of the family. My family is similar to many of other families but the love we share for one another bonds us closer than anything else.
Family, is a word that is familiar to everyone, but may have different meanings for each individual. It is most commonly seen as a group consisting of parents and children. Family can be defined not just through blood but through love and commitment as well. In our readings this semester, one of the frequent themes has been about family. The unconditional love found in a family does not prevent them from experiencing difficult dilemmas. Families can have powerful influences on an individual being either positive, negative, or even both. The influences brought on by families can give a sense to someone as more of a positive feeling such as, attachment, love, and thrill, or a sense more negative such as pain, anger, and guilt, or, can even
In “For my Mother,” Dr. Jami Huntsinger writes about how her mother lives with Alzheimer’s disease and how her father never gave up on his wife. In this essay, Huntsinger discusses the strong relationship her mother and father shared during this hard time in their lives. Even though Huntsinger’s mother was physically unable speak, she was still able to have full conversations with her loved ones. Huntsinger stated, “She would answer, and I would try to answer with “Really?” Or “No, you’re kidding me, “or “That’s interesting,” all based on patterns of soft or hard sounds.”. All of her doctors wanted to put her on medication, but her husband told them no, that would have been the easy way out and Mr. Huntsinger
We all raised to believe that from the best thing that one can have is an ideal family and growing up we all wanted to be raised in a peaceful, happy and secure family with loving parents who will be there for us no matter what physically and mentally able to provide for the family where we will be always welcomed by our parents and siblings alike and heard and respected all the time. Sociologist define the family as an intimate, domestic and primary group, a social institution of people related to one another by blood or adoption with legal ties, it have three important social functions: to provide and raise children, to provide a sense of identity, belonging and a set of close and strong relations among its members and to transmit culture between generations. In the modern societies, we prefer to think of a family as constructed of a mother, father, and children living under one roof called a nuclear family , when it consist of several generations living together or close by it’s called extended family.
Thus, this study will address various issues affecting family structures especially in how the family members relate and behave towards each other. This influences the coexistence of the members of the family. It will also address various factors affecting the family dynamics, different needs and how to address them.
After birth, our self image comes from our primary caregiver’s eyes and that is our family. The family is the most ancient of human institutions. It is bound up with all our strongest instincts. A genuinely united family is one of the greatest possible sources of happiness. Every family member play pivotal role in the family. Family is a vehicle that lead human to a new life in this society.
Who has the best family in the universe? Some people might say the Obama's because they are always mentally and physically supporting the family. Others may think that the Dunphy’s from Modern Family since they are different from other families, and even though they have their differences, they still love their family. Also, some might think that the Tenors from Full House are the best because they hug all the time even through difficult times. However, I know my family is the best because of my mother, father, brother, and also my dogs.
All my life, I have always made sure that family is a key part of my life. My grandparents were always my closest family besides my parents and brother. I never really had any cousins to hang out with, so a lot of my free time would be spent with my grandparents. When I was in elementary school, I would always walk from my grandmother’s house in the morning to school. I did this every day, and over the years it made us a lot closer. I have always tried to be close with all my family members. I’m extremely happy I always had this attitude, because in a blink of an eye it can all change.
Everyone has values that they consider to be the most important aspects of their life. For me, these values are family and friendship. In many occasions, it is those who have less, but have strong familial and friendship bonds that seem to be the happiest. Through family bonds and friendship, we are able to have happy, fulfilling lives that money and success can not quite achieve. In the CASL building, during the photowalk, I observed my surroundings to find the photos that I took. In the photos I took, a Macbeth poster and a quinceañera, we can see why I feel that these bonds are of utmost importance. The Macbeth poster shows that power comes with a price and cannot bring true happiness through the facial expression and the skull being in the shape of a crown. While the quinceañera photo shows that having family and friends surrounding you can bring you happiness. However, the music videos that were viewed in class display different values from my own. In these, the core values displayed are black empowerment and bringing awareness to discrimination that the African-American community face as a whole. Although these are vastly important, they do not connect fully with my values.
In today’s society, many diversified families are possible, and the different family styles in these three writings agreed with this. Despite the variety of context between them, being Nazi Germany, classical Italy, or an Indian jungle, the theme of family brought together the characters under one commonality, and was a theme that anyone under the foundation of humanity can relate
Family values, sometimes referred to as Familial values, are traditional or cultural values (that is, values passed on from generation to generation within families) that pertain to the family's structure, function, roles, beliefs, attitudes, and ideals. In the social sciences, sociologists may use the term "traditional family" in order to refer specifically to the child-rearing environment that sociologists formerly called the norm. This "traditional family" involves a middle-class family with a breadwinner father and a homemaker mother, raising their biological children. Any deviation from this family model is considered a "nontraditional family". Nontraditional families, nevertheless, make up the majority of American households, as of now. According to Oxford English Dictionary, family values means: [n.] values attributed to or derived from family life; [spec.] values allegedly learnt or reinforced within a traditional, close family
When you ask people for their opinion on the definition of a family, the first definition that comes to mind is the nuclear family. Some people would agree with the notation. However, others have a different interpretation of the definition. The definition that should describe a family is a group of people that loves each other and where someone can share their good and bad times.
What is a family? What parts make up a family? These two questions are questions that millions of adults and children ask themselves regularly. When people think about a family in their head they think of a nuclear family. Where you have a Mom, Dad, and a few kids running around a home in the middle of a suburban wasteland. That is the nuclear family that I feel most modern families strive to be like. But factors can change within a family and still be a family. I do not believe that a family is strictly based off what people see from the front porch looking in. A family is about the everlasting bond that is formed between a group of people whether they are related by blood or by other means. A family is a group of people who stick together during hard times and good times, they laugh together and they cry together. They eat meals together, party together, are weaved together in life. They are like a strip of palm leaves, and when you weave a bunch of them together it makes a basket, that is a family. The people that someone can call at two in the morning on a Wednesday just because they can’t sleep. The ones who would sacrifice anything to help them. The bond can never be broken because the word “family” holds them together like glue to wallpaper.
In life, many things are important to a human’s existence and worth. The most important aspect in life is family because without family a person would not exist. Family is often described as being the people that have been there through everything. A person’s family is usually the people that brought them into the world but, in some cases a person’s family can be people they aren’t even related to. Throughout this essay the aspects of family are going to be described to inform the reader on why family is the most important part of a person’s life.