Family Reflection Paper

I interviewed three different family member of all different age that have experienced my family culture in their own way. For my interview I interviewed My mother Okala Mundeke. She is originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo but she moved to America when she was 35 years old and she is now 50 years old. She has grown up mostly in Congo so she has a strong knowledge of our heritage and family history since she was around it more.. My sister Emmanuella Kalonda she was born in the congo but has little memory of it since she was less than a year old when she came to america. she is currently sixteen years old. But she was raised with my mother learning about family and our culture. My next candidate is my other sister Jocelyn Fetner

I come from a very conservative Mexican household. That being said there were certain guidelines or roles that each gender had to follow. I come from a family of five, and we consist of 2 males and 3 females. Being a female, that meant that I was expected to do the household chores, the cooking of the house, and care for younger siblings. While we were expected to do that, my brothers didn’t have an obligation to do any of the responsibilities we were held accountable to. Although, they were expected to have jobs at an early age to help and provide income for the family.

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.

While my grandfather, Frank Smith, and my great-grandmother, Jeannette Smith, were alive they resided in my home. I never met my grandmother, Georgie Smith, as she passed away when my mother was seven.

An increasing number of children and adolescents will experience living as part of a blended family in the United States, as almost 2,100 blended families form in the United States each day (source.) To provide a better understanding of the diversity and complex relationships in families, it is important to define terminology that is not always cleared defined in literature. An intact family can be described as a nuclear family in which membership has remained constant, in the absence of divorce or other divisive factors (Encyclopedia); typically both parents in the household are the biological parents of the child. The nature of the blended family is more complex as the terms “blended family” and “step family” are often used

The family assessment is a thorough assessment done by a health care provider. This assessment is the foundation of how health care providers provide care for a certain member of the family or the family as a whole. This assessment involves exploration of the family structure, development, and function. In addition, the family will express their strengths and barriers, internal and external structure, ethnicity, social class, religion, subsystems, which will allow the reader a better understanding of the family’s functioning.

Two Parents. I come from a very small family. My mom and dad each were married once before they were wedded. Just my mom, my dad, and I. We were a family. All born seven seas across, in India. That’s all there was.

I consist mostly of the Italian, Irish, Polish, and Slovakian nationalities. My last name, Hudson, was established in England. However, my mother's maiden name of Bianco originated in Italy.

During the semester, many topics were presented regarding family and family collaboration. Three topics appear more significant regarding family and family collaboration. One topic that comes to mind is the topic of the family mobile, or family systems. Another topic is the process of helping families through the IEP meeting, through the project. Finally, the last topic that proves most significant are the seven principles of partnerships. All three stood out during the semester in my perspective as the most significant topics that need to be taken away from the class.

This film study will define the theme of the unconventional family in the film Mostly Martha (2001) by Sandra Nettlebeck. This film takes place in Germany in a primarily German restaurant named Lido. The plot of the film involves the professional struggles of brilliant chef, Martha Klein (Martina Gedeck), that has trouble interacting with the customers due to her perfectionist behaviors. However, Martha soon meets her niece, Lina (Maxime Foerste), after her mother was killed in a car accident. Lina is a very angry and disturbed young woman that is grieving the loss of her mother, which makes communication extremely difficult. More so, Martha cannot find a babysitter for Lina, so she ends up bringing her to the restaurant. Finally, the arrival of a jovial new sous-chef named Mario (Sergio Castellitto) allows Martha to have a more relax and enjoy her job, but more so, it allows him to brighten Lina’s depression by making her good food. Overall, this film shows the overarching theme of the interchangeable family in that Martha, Lina, and

To an autistic child immediate family that are seen on a common basis are considered the normal. This means that the child does communicate with his immediate family more confidently and fluently. Many of the family members will share repeated discussion every time they see this child in hope to receive a more in depth answer. A family member will usually stick to topics that the child is comfortable speaking about such as their schooling or topics that are of interest to them. It helps if when seeing the child you understand the child’s routine so that it is not interrupted to reduce breakdowns. If the child is in the middle of performing a certain task there is no point in trying to have a discussion

lot of parents separate or divorce, then unite with new parents. This type of family is made up of one

In Canadian society, it is viewed socially ideal to have a strong and healthy relationship with one's family. There are a number of factors that are taken into account for a family to be able to coexist peacefully and efficiently with one another, such as: importance of legal marriage between parents, blended family living, and same sex marriage.

The family structure of children living in nontraditional homes is increasing because the rate of divorce has increased. Statistics from the US Bureau of Census indicates that fifty-percent of families who were once married are now remarried or re-coupled, thirteen-hundred new stepfamilies are forming every day, one out of two marriages ends in divorce, seventy-five percent of divorced couples end up remarrying, fifty percent of the sixty million children under the age of twelve are currently living with one biological parent and that parent’s current partner. (Stepfamily Statistics, 2018).

My family health assessment was conducted using the 11 Gordon functional health pattern. Marjorie Gordon’s functional health pattern is a guide for establishing a comprehensive nursing date base, using the 11 categories enable nurses determines the following aspects of health and human function (Gordon 1987). The Gordon 11 functional health patterns are health perception/health management, nutrition, elimination, activity/exercise, cognitive, sleep/rest, self perception/self concept, roles and relationships, sexuality and reproduction, coping and stress tolerance, values and belief. This paper will summarize the findings of each health pattern as well as the family based nursing