My Family As A Whole

The common characteristics defined by Lamanna and Reidmann for family are ancestry, marriage and or adoption.  They give a list of three characteristics along with which people are usually related.. (1.) from an economic unit and care for any young.  (2.) consider their identity to be significantly attached to the group, and (3.) to commit to maintaining that group over time.  Yes, for many reasons I would definitely consider my family to fit these three categories of of the common characteristics.  My family is a support unit on which I can heavily rely on and we all have each others best interest at heart and will do anything to help one another.  I wish it was better defined and more in detail because I find the three characteristics to be very vague but I would add that family is also some kind of support group on which you are emotionally attached to and heavily rely on to make important choices.. well, in most cases.

My family Is a plays a big part in my life. Without my family i am nothing. My family means so much to me, they are always there for me. They come to every sport game I have. They buy me

My family is composed of my father, mother, a younger sister, an older sister, who unfortunately passed away, and myself. I grew up being the oldest child, for my oldest sister passed away before I was born. Although, I never got to meet my older sister her absence has taught me to value the importance of family.

My family is anything but ordinary, but it is this uniqueness that has shaped me into the person I am today.  I grew up in an Indian family of 9...yes 9! It’s not that I have 6 other siblings; alongside my parents and older brother Jaineel, I also live with my aunt, uncle, two cousins, and grandfather. Indian tradition calls for the sons of the family to care after their parents when married, so my dad and and his brother deemed the best way to fulfill this role is to have a joint family with their father, wives, and children. My cousins, Annika and Zuri, have been by my side since day one and are truly considered my sisters.  Living with so many people had changed me for the better; I have learned to greatly appreciate the love, support, and

My family has been super strong and almost inseparable throughout my life because we have had to move so mnay times, it has brought us closer together. My homes over the years all been pretty nice, but not like the multimillion dollar houses, but the middle-class houses. I've been able to grow up with pets in my houses, cats, dogs, guinea pigs, and multiple fish.

Family is “a group of people who are related to each other: a social unit consisting of parents and their children” (merriam-webster.com). My family has had a very positive influence on my development. I was always taught family comes first and my sister was my best friend. I happen to have lived with my extended Italian family for most of my life. When I was younger, my Nana lived with us and after I was married, my parents moved into the in-law apartment in my house. My family was and still is a very important part of my life. We are always there for each other and still are very active in each other’s lives. For me, personally, it is hard to talk about family without mentioning my Italian culture. Being from an all Italian family and since I am only the second generation born in the United States, I am quite certain that culture has had a major effect on my development.

Although family can be defined by many definitions, I define family as, people, who may or may not be related to you, that support you, positively impact your life, and love you. Some of us may disagree on the definition of family, but I strongly believe that everyone agrees that family defines and shapes a person into who they are. The life experiences I have endured, the past with my father, the great relationship with my mother, and my passion for horses have all defined who I am as a person with core values, opinions, and hopes for the future.

Growing up I only surrounded myself around family, and was very precise with what family members I would be around. I say that to say this “not all family members are good to be around. It could be a parent, older sibling, aunt, uncle or cousin. My family and close friends are the ones I get love from and they mean the world. The way I was raised and grew up was to stick with family and friends you treat like family because those were the ones that don’t let down no matter what the cause was. When someone is family you have confidence and expectations in them.

My family has always been there for me, especially my stepfather- Pablo. I use to hate him so much that I would be mean to him and call him names. Just because he wasn't my biological father I would do that to him. I would make his worse days like living in a bad neighborhood. Later threw the years I finally realized why he was so strict with me and my sisters. It showed me how life is

There are many different ways to define the word family, which makes it difficult to create a true definition. I believe that all families are unique in the ways they communicate, grow, nurture, support and express cultures. My family is a traditional nuclear family that means the family consists of two parents and their children. In my family, I am the eldest sibling which means I am responsible for being a role model and mentor for my younger sibling. My family is known for being considerate through our daily actions. A specific incident that shows our consideration is when we helped nurse a sick dog back to health. I am glad to be a part of my amazing family.

My family is the biggest social and cultural group I am a part of. I am able to draw inspiration and learn from every one of my family members. In our family environment, I am a sister and a daughter, as well as, a mentor and a role model. This is due to the fact that I am the second oldest sibling in our household. When it comes to short-term influences, my family impacts on a day to day basis. I learn to adapt to changing behaviors from my siblings, and that benefits me in the real world as well. As a result of learning to adapt, I can change my ways of thinking on a day to day basis.

In my family, our interpretation of what family means is not your typical dictionary definition. When I think of family I think of the unity we have, our unity brings us all together and doesn’t just consist of people in our house hold. Anyone who needed a family knew that they had it in our house hold. Friends became family even though they weren’t blood related. We never had a reason not to care for someone just because they were blood family. I would personally define my family as an airplane. My mother is the body of the plane, my father the pilot, my brother the wings, the passengers are the people that become family, and I am the navigation system.

Losing a loved one is never easy. There will be pain and heartache. There will be Days where you do not want to get out of bed in the morning, and days where you just feel angry. I know when my family was struggling with the Loss of my baby brother, though he was just a few days old, it was unquestionably heartbreaking. Seeing my mom in the depressed state that she was in made me cling to her and I refused to leave her side for a long time after his passing. I know that I am not in your exact situation, and I will never fully understand, but I hope that I can provide at least some kind of comfort in this time of loss that you and your family are experiencing.

I’m from a small community in the mountains of West Virginia, so family means just about everything to me. I also have a broad view of what family is. Obviously, family includes the people who are related to you by blood, but I also believe family is all of the people that are there for you and love you unconditionally. That being said, I have been blessed with a huge supportive family. A few particular family members mean more to me than anything, however. My mother who has raised my brother and I since I was in middle school and my grandma that has been right there with us since the beginning. Everything I am ultimately comes back to those two. Their strength and ability to live a full life with very little inspires me to work hard every day.

As a child it was me my sister mom and dad in the house. My sister and I grew up in Raytown Missouri in a nice house in a nice neighborhood. My sister and I were the minority in the school and neighborhood. My dad had a good job that he was on for 15 years once he got out of the army and my mom worked at wonder bread but my child hood was not all that great. My dad start smoking crack and he got laid off his job and my dad got my mom to start smoking also that’s why one of my uncles never liked my dad for that reason.