Family Relationships With My Family

In most of the societies about a century ago, the family was the most valued system in almost all spheres of life and human living. Family is the only institution which provides the security and support without any rewards in return. The effectiveness of family functioning in conditioning the children's personality and social development has an outstanding importance (Roelfse and Middleton, 1985). The family interactions play an important role in the development of an individual. These interactions and interpersonal relationships are seen between parents, parent and child, siblings, and any other relative or person living in the household. The healthy functioning of these interaction patterns enhances mental health of the individual Children need a happy and stable family environment and a conductive social network for their overall growth and development. Yet, happy families are not happy all the time. Disagreements and conflicts are a necessary part of living closely together. Both love and hate are to be expected in the intensity of family life and peers interactions, but it is the way negative emotions are handled that makes a difference to family life and social interactions (Parke and Buriel, 1998). Parenting has long been recognized as making an important contribution to the development of competencies and problem behavior among children and adolescents. However, recently researchers have begun to develop attention to understanding variations in parenting in different

I did not have a good relationship with my paternal and maternal grandparents. My paternal grandfather and maternal grandmother have had passed away before I was born. Both of my paternal grandmother and maternal grandfather had a feudal view of male preferences. So they do not have a good relationship with my mother and with me as well. The view of male preferences have such huge impact on the family that it might break up the family. I have had witnessed many arguments in my family as a result of that. Fortunately, my parents still stay together until now. They got through all of those problems.

Growing up one of the people that had the biggest impact in my life was my babysitter. I cringe at even writing those words because she was my grandmother in every aspect regardless of blood relation. Starting off as immigrants my parents had to work very long shifts and never seemed compete with their bills. My grandmother Kona has helped raise me since I was around three or four years old.

There are 7 billion individuals in this world and all of them are unique because they are different. Everyone has different opinions, traits, perspectives, morals, rules, and stories, so where do they contrive these differences? I assume they formulate their ideas from personal experiences and how they were raised by their parents. Famous writer and professor, Alice McDermott shares that “Family dynamics are true over time, across generations and different cultures.” From this, we can gather that our sense of what is right and what is wrong does not just solely come from our parents, but from generations in our families. I believe that an individual’s Moral Absolute will be quite similar to their parents. In my case, I formulate my moral absolute’s from my parents. These moral absolutes include: not to steal, not to strike a woman, and not to cheat.

My grandparents started taking care of me just as I was born, and when I was 7 my parents left Cameroon to come to the United States in hopes of a brighter future for their children. I enjoyed living with my grandparents because I was surrounded by cousins, and was blessed with an abundance of mouthwatering traditional food, handmade by my grandmother. I had become accustomed and enjoyed the lifestyle I had while with my grandparents. However that was subject to change when I received the news that I would be joining my actual parents in the United States.

I previously was given the opportunity to discuss the family I grew up in. At first I felt that my family was just like everyone else and it would not be enough interesting details to brag about. Now I know that every family is unique. I can sociologically analyze my family. A family, kinship, family values and family ties create own identity so that can better connect with other individuals in society. Family is an important social structure. A social structure are social norm that hold society together. It matters to society what kind of family you have. Blood ties are important in a family because you have something we share such as traditions and purity of heritage. My family is West Indian and African American. My family is a blend

Let me give just a little bit of background information. I was born April 22, 1997 at Oaklawn Hospital. For the first seventeen years of my life I grew up in a two parent household. I was daddy 's little girl, and I had him wrapped around my finger, but as I learned all good things have to come to an end. My parents split due to my dad 's stupidity. I cut all ties with him and moved on.

I have brownish blonde hair and brown eyes. Sadly, I was not blessed with the tallness gene in my family so I am pretty short, around 5’2, but I kind of like being short because it has its advantages. I am 17 but am excited about turning 18, but am scared and excited for my future. I think the most positive thing about my character is that I am trustworthy. I trust that my friends can come to me with their problems and they know that I will not tell anyone if they do not want anyone to know. I am very hardworking but only on things I think are important in my life and for me. If I do not think it will benefit me, I do not spend much time and energy on it. I love to spend with my friends and my family.

Merriam-Webster defines tradition as “an inherited, established, or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior”, and research has confirmed this ideology contributes to a strong familial bond. Growing up, traditions have played a huge role in my life; some of my earliest memories are watching Treehouse of Horror on Halloween, and eating pink-sprinkle doughnuts, like the ones from the television show, The Simpsons, every Sunday with my family. Having this bond has molded me into the person I am today, and for this, I am forever grateful. I believe it is important in a child’s development, specifically a female’s, to have a connection with their family. Author of the article, “Make Room for Daddy”, Elise Lipoff, argues that “in order for Homer to bond with his children, he needed something that they could share”. In my case, my father shares his love of The Simpsons and holiday traditions, with the rest of my family joining in.

My family is really amazing. They are very special and unique too. Everyday my family supports us to do the best we can each day, and I admire that. Every day when I am with my parents, I feel safe and and overjoyed with happiness. They care about me, and I care about them. That’s what basically makes us a fantastic family. When I am with my brother, I know that there is someone always there beside me, no matter where I go. When I have my pets, and I see them exactly where I left them before I left, I know they love us because they didn’t try to escape. That way, I know they don’t want to leave. In summary, my pets, parents, and my brother all make me happy and support me in a way. Day by day, no matter what, I know that my family has got my back. They said it themselves. I am sure of it.

Growing up I was raised in an authoritative house with high expectations and high responsiveness from my parents. I am the youngest and my sister and I are seven years apart. My family is a fun and loving family on both sides, and offer great support for everyone. Growing up I was also close with my mother and father, but my sister and I had some ups and downs because of our age difference. Now that we are both older we have a much stronger relationship. I am very close to my mother’s side of the family as I visit my grandparents very often. On my father’s side, I only usually see that side of the family on holidays after my grandmother died. My relationship with my mother’s side of the family is very strong because I am the youngest of two granddaughters. When I look back on my past relationships with my family and compare them to my present relationships, I am very satisfied with how they are now. As I have gotten older I appreciate family more and see how valuable time with my family really is. When I was younger I was like every other child who just wanted to spend time with friends.

A primary relationship in my life would have to be with my mother. This may sound a little strange; however, I used to not be around my mother often. My mom and I had a bad relationship when I was growing up. We fought constantly, or she was never home to support me. Despite this, my mother and I have a very good relationship now. I tell her everything about my life and we go out to lunch and mingle. She is very supportive, listens to my problems, and she tries to help me with my needs. The fundamental attribution error states that there is an error in the explanation for another person's behavior. My mom and I did not understand each other at all. She always thought that there were external attributions affecting my behavior. However, they were internal. My mom did not understand that others were not making me angry, it was her. She would ignore me and exclude me.

The family is the most and fundamental building block of the society. The quality of interactions within the family is an indicator of the health of the unit. Family interaction is the interpersonal dynamics of the members of a family in a variety of environments and activities.1 The family is conceived as a “a unit of interacting personalities” (Schvaneveldt,1966). Family is a system consisting of interdependent and reciprocal relationships, hence the behavior of any family member will affect all the family members and disturbs the equilibrium. The interpersonal relationships that exist between members of the family are important for the dynamics of the family.

My family happens to be deeply religious, conservative and often closed minded about certain aspects of life. In other words, everything that they tend to support and believe in as a family unit, tends to be something I can not personally agree with. As anyone can imagine, this has deeply affected my interpersonal relationship with my family in a negative impact. As an adult, I have come to my own conclusions about my personal beliefs about life and what those entail for myself. These beliefs are usually the exact opposite of what I grew up with, much to the disappointment of my family which has created a deep divide between us. This has probably affected my relationship with my father the most, as he has always been the most outspoken about his disappointment.

I feel that every single day. I want to be happy with a delighted family. My life well family has been broken since forever. You must be wondering on what I mean “forever”. Well, for starters, my family is broken. It has been broken since the day my parents decided to move to California. America can make your dreams come true or destroy everything you have. It started with something simple. Rules in a relationship is to never cheat on each other. My mom might not know this but, i remember this one time we were at her friends house and i walked in on her kissing another men. They didn't acknowledge me or notice i was standing near the door. I was and i watch them slobber each other. This situation felt more like a dream, as I kept replaying the slobbering, I can’t help but think that I might be imagining this. I wasn’t, this really happened. You might think my mom was the cheat in this situation but, my dad was the biggest cheater yet. I remember all the fights, arguments, and separations that happen in these years. It was tough to go through all of that and try to ignore it. I tried to ignore it, it just came back with a bigger problem. He didn’t do it just once, he did it multiple times. It sucked, i was young at the time when all of this happen. I guess cheating wasn’t the problem. My dad broke my heart before any man had the chance. I'm not the brightest child nor the most athletic. He broke my heart with words. Words hurt a lot especially when it comes from someone who