My Family Curse : The Curse Of Family

My family history is full of generational curses (at least that what my family calls it). From what I know my mother’s side of the family migrated to California from Louisiana in 1930’s. Unfortunately, this didn’t involve my grandmother (Bobbie Smith) who was left behind to be reared by some else until the age of 21. In the late 1960’s, she moved to California along with her 2 daughters and leaving 1 daughter (my mother) behind in Louisiana to be reared and adopted by Idella & Curly Welcome. Idella worked as a maid and Curly worked in the sawmill. Idella and Curly were fortunate enough to purchase a small piece of land in Pineville, Louisiana where they built a home. In addition, they planted their own vegetable garden and raised ducks, chickens,

Families, as units, are extremely complex and vary drastically from one another. A person might be under the impression that his or her own family is nothing special, especially if they are accustomed to their family’s routines. After analyzing my own family through the sociological lenses of an assortment of scholars, it is now clear that it is not as simple as it seems. Sociologically analyzing my family through the divorces that have occurred in my life makes it clear that divorce can have an impact on a variety of family dynamics, such as my parents and their jobs and domestic duties, the amount of involvement they have with their friends and family, as well as my financial dependence on my parents.

The film, Precious, is a powerfully charged story that delves into the family dynamics of a 16-year-old girl and her struggles to survive an onslaught of treacherous experiences. Throughout the film, the viewer is enveloped in a dramatic web of extreme situations, experienced by the main character, and those to whom she is close. The themes of domestic violence, rape, incest, drug addiction, gambling, poverty, social justice, social services, housing and education are laced together throughout the story. Particularly poignant attention is paid to various systems that help shape the experiences of the characters. The social services industry, and its associated workers, educators and administrators, set the foundation for the social themes that are highlighted by this film.

"When we’re dealing with the people in our family – no matter how annoying or gross they may be, no matter how self-inflicted their suffering may appear, no matter how afflicted they are with ignorance, prejudice or nose hairs – we give from the deepest parts of ourselves." ~ Author, Anne Lamott

Every family has their own family traditions. When my family and I go camping we go the same time every year and get to see family members, we don’t often get to spend time with. My family’s tradition is to go camping and have some misadventures. Most of the time the misadventures happen to me. Every now and then the misadventures would happen to other family members. Without the misadventures my family and I would do regular camping activities.

Your life is changed every day and there are many points to your life. One point of my life is that family is the most important thing. Family is an important factor of everyone’s life, it’s who you are and who you have become today.

I knew college was going to change me in many ways. Yet, after my family and I restructured our collective and individual emotional reactivity over the three years that I was away at school, I believed my work in that department was done. I thought transiting into college was difficult, however, I found myself once again unprepared for the aftershock that rocked my family once I return from school. I left college a strong, independent, mature, and differentiated person, or at least I kind of did.

The country where I was born and raised has rich customs and traditions influenced by different cultures around the world. Among these shared cultures, I am accustomed to living a life anchored in the Catholic faith. I was brought up in a God-fearing home that believes in the power of prayer. The influence of my parents on my faith has a huge impact on the way I embrace life and its challenges.

In todays world there are at least 1 Billion families. Which means there has to be at least 1 Billion family traditions. Family traditions can be many different things but my family traditions all can relate back to dysfunctionalism. There are more dysfunctional families in the united states than normal families. More than 50% of happiness comes from dysfunctional families and still, the celebrate Birthdays, Religious Holidays and Casual Holidays . Can you imagine Holidays being the root of our happiness.

parents do; in a silent manner, that is indirect and manipulative. They are forced to live by these

Dysfunctional families breed dysfunctional children. This can stay with them all the way up to their marriage and is most likely to occur in their relationship. According to research done by the University of Chicago ( published in the journal of Abnormal Child Psychology) social skills can be interpreted as everything from the basic “please and thank you” to speaking in large crowds. How parents deal with that is just as important for the child as the violence they are being exposed to. In the end, they both affect the child one way or another.

Lastly, the impacts of a family’s opinion and beliefs can make a huge impact on the type of pain management provided to the patient. For example, Reynolds et al. discuss how families may fear drug addiction for their loved one, along with belief that pain is a natural part of death and illness and potentially increases the progression of disease (2013). These misconceptions are merely a few of the roles families can play in regards to appropriate pain and symptoms management. With all these misconceptions, it is so significant that we can confidently provide families with the appropriate knowledge and information they need about proper opioid use so that families can gain a better understanding as to why we do what we do. Provide

By looking at my parents’ gross incomes you’d see that we are a somewhat financially stable family. Because of my parents’ incomes I do not qualify for scholarships such as the Daniels Fund and the Horatio Alger scholarship. But, what these awards don’t take into account is medical need. As you can imagine, a rare vascular malformation isn’t exactly the cheapest disorder to possess. My KTS has provided me with a lifetime of medical need which includes check-ups, possible surgeries, compression garments, etc. My parents have provided me with the best possible health care since I was a child, but unfortunately they do not have the means to help me pay for college. I’ve always known they will not be able to help me pay for college so over the

The percentage of military veterans seeking help for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has increased from 4% in 2006 to 12% in 2010 (Palinkas and Link 386). Too often combat veterans are discharged and left struggling with their drastically changed lives. PTSD also affects other people who are in the veterans’ lives. It is necessary that our country acknowledge the severity of PTSD and offer accessible help to veterans and their families.

The culture of the staff is one of a dysfunctional family. They communicate, but not always in the most effective and efficient ways. Also, they talk about each other and give each other grief. At the end of the day, they genuinely care and love each other. Because of this dynamic, collaboration and communication is strained at times, because everyone likes doing their own thing. They do ask each other for opinions, but do not necessarily take each other’s advice.