Importance Of Family And Family

Family is supposed to listen to you when you're in need. Family is supposed to have your back. Family is supposed to be loyal. Family is supposed to be dependable. Family is supposed to accept you at your worst and best moments. Family is supposed to make you laugh and smile. Family is the number one unconditional love that everyone has. Whether it be the unconditional love from immediate family members or close friends, everyone has that one person they go to in times of need. It’s funny how those closest to you can hurt you the most.

Family plays a crucial role in an individual's life. They affect your decisions and the way you live. Your family can either bring you down or lift you up and push you to do your hardest.

Family means nobody gets left behind, no matter what. My family means the world to me, without them, I would had went down the wrong path. We have always looked after each other. Me and my family are like The Brady Bunch, loving, supporting and big. We make sure that everyone is taken care of. I love them all no matter how annoying they get. I had always woken up my little sister and makes sure she is dress and ready for school in the morning. I don’t know what I will do if my little sister died. All I know I will be crying and crying and crying. Loving, Supporting,big.

Family plays an important role in every society. It is the main structure that made up a good society. Samovar, Porter & McDaniel (2015) write, “families are instrumental in teaching young people about their identities, how they fit into their culture, and where to find security” (p.73). Family is the first school in one’s life. In the early stages of our life, we learn how to eat, speak, communicate, and behave from our family, consciously and unconsciously we imitate our parents. In my religion (Islam) there is a great deal of attention to the importance of marriage and making family. Prophet Mohammad said, “The best of you is the best to his family and I am the best amongst you to my family”. Moreover, Islam assign a role to each member of the family, as parents take care of their children and the children should respect and obey their mother and father. I totally agree with Samovar, Porter & McDaniel (2015) when they mentioned that “the three most influential social organizations are (1) family, (2) state, and (3) religion” (p.70). For me, I believe that my family shapes most of my identity.

I interviewed Lily Fontaine asking her a set of questions as well as questions I came up with about her family experience as well as her thoughts and beliefs about family. Lily considers her parents, aunts, uncles, and cousins to be part of her family. She is very close to her family and communicates with them often. Everyone has their own definition of family. According to the Census Bureau (book pg 11) family is “a group of two people or more related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together; all such people are considered members of one family”

Something that you can’t control about your life is your family. Good, bad, or ugly, you start your life with them in some capacity. By being present or not, positive or not, they will shape your life. Your family should bring out the best in you. They should encourage you to do what you’ve always inspired to do and to be who you’ve always inspired to be. You should never disregard your family or forget where you come from. When you have your family by your side, you never need to feel that you are alone as you step out into the world.

Family is an important aspect of society. Keeping a family stable is a hard task and the definition of family has expanded from what it used to be because nuclear families are not the norm nowadays. Throughout history the African-American family has had to face traumatic events such as slavery, the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Civil Rights Movement. The racism, segregation, and discrimination that followed these movements have also played an integral role in developing the black family. It takes diligence, strength, and courage in order to be able to persevere through hardship. Society as a whole has tried to undermine the black family by implementing in them a false identity of inferiority. If there are strong nuclear black families today, that means that powerful people in history have been forced to step up in order to make a difference within their community. From the beginning of the play to the very end, Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun displays the vital theme of family. In the play there are multiple generations within the Younger Family’s household. The different generations come to show how the African-American family has had to evolve over time. A Raisin in the Sun highlighted the difficulties that families have in order to be able to overcome poverty, aspirations, and the society.

“Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” Michael J. Fox. Family is everything in life and they will always be there to support you and have your back. Families stick together and love each other. In modern times, the idea of a family seems more and more prevalent because of the world that we live in, and the constant threat of danger looming above our heads. This has brought families even closer together. People value their family more than anything else. Although people may dream about money, the American Dream is about family and love and making sacrifices for your family.

A family can shape one’s identity. A family can guide you through life. They can be supportive and helpful. This is important

What family is is sticking up for one another. If one of you get into some kind of trouble and asks for your help, you help them. If your friends and they come to you in the middle of the night and need your help, you jump out of the window and help them out because you care for them and you love them. Tragedy struck and someone you love needs you right now, you’re already there comforting them. Someone gets into a fight, you go in there and risk it to try and stop it.

The word “family” is often used in connection with a person’s ancestry. Most families are based on kinship. Members belong to the family through birth, marriage, or adoption. Family plays the most vital role in our daily life and family is the finest thing that you can ever desire for. It’s the family who assists their child in hardships of life and give affection no matter what happens. Human personality reflects on what his /her family status is and what their families have taught them.

”No one is ever born into Life alone. Everyone has shared the bond of family, at least at birth, and for many people it is a bond that will follow them throughout life. For many people it is the most important bond of all.”

In the past, children were raised on the streets or lived in orphanages. However, time has changed and today children get raised by their single-parents, stepparents, grandparents, or another parental figure. All this is now possible due to the procedure of adoption, which has become an important aspect worldwide. Adoption allows the children who have no parents feel the benefits of parental care. Family makes an important influence on a child’s life. Children depend on parents to protect, support, and give them guidance in life. Adoption agencies help children feel that love and connection by finding them a place to call home.

Relationships hold complexity, requiring a highly responsive, and observant individual for it to thrive and maintain structure. From initiation to termination of a conversation, we as the responder, and the listener must receive the message verbally, and nonverbally to fully appreciate and understand each other’s opinion and point. Considering myself a family orientated individual I value family relationships, and the conversations that take place amongst me and my parents even when we may not see eye to eye on some things.

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.