My Family Essay

In 1974, my mother, and her lower class family, emigrated from Canada to New City, New York. They moved frequently back and forth between various American and Canadian cities due to my grandfather’s lack of finding long-term employment; he has a book filled with pages upon pages of business cards and papers recording his numerous previous employers. Eventually, my grandfather found a steady job in print, working for the New York Times in 1985, my grandmother opened her own bookstore for a brief period in time, and my mother and her siblings all attended and graduated from four-year colleges. The entire family continues to retain sole Canadian citizenship. As improved a life they have been provided, not all immigration stories have such a happy ending. Most immigrant families coming from south of the United States border, in the same financial situation as my mother and her family had been, will not have such luck. They are stuck in a paradox of stereotypes, between being perceived by the suburban white family as “lazy” or “taking all of our jobs.” Why is it that we turn a blind eye to our neighbors to the north, as if they collectively live up to the stereotype of unfaltering niceness? Though much has been said about these immigrants coming to the United States from Latin America, very little attention is being paid to the immigrants coming from Canada and Western Europe due to prejudice.

I believe every natural of people have family that comes with a downfall, and always turn out to be functional by sticking to their values, culture, and beliefs. As for my family, I believe that culture and the nationality plays a big role in the household. I was raised by strict Haitian parents, that was always tough on me about education, responsibility, and independence. I believe my parents was only strict on me the most because I was the last out of four children's, which is I was the youngest. Alfred Adler did a family constellation and birthorder were Adlerians believes that the sibling closest in age and most different is the sibling that most affect how one defines the self (cite pg94). I related this to my life because I have sisters

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

Through our values, heritage,and traditions, my family has created who I am today. Although we can be loud and crazy, we are also loving and have each other's back!

     The 1950’s were a decade of growth and expansion. Growth of the middle class, expansion of religion and a growing economy kept Americans on the move- literally. Families were moving from the cities and into the suburbs. “This massive shift in population from the central city was accompanied by a baby boom that started during World War II. Young married couples began to have three, four, or even five children (compared with only one or two children in American families during the 1930’s) (The American Story, pg. 729). This style of living began making the immediate

Where would we be without our family? In our everyday lives, we get so caught up, we sometimes take our families for granted each day. Mothers, Fathers, siblings, step children, step parents, cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents or any other combination of those characters all build up to make the structure of family. No matter if it’s immediate or extended family, no one family is perfect, no matter how we would like to pretend our family to be. Apart of every family, there is the alcoholic, the gambler, the dreamer, the drug attic, the war veteran, the pretender, the criminal, the mentally challenged and so on that exist one form or another.

My family is the one that has made me be who I am. They have always been supportive when I do something whether it is academic or extracurricular. They are loving and understanding when I have to make decision that may have drastic changes. Since family is very important to me I try to spend as much time as I can with them since I have a busy schedule being involved in band and cheer. My family is significant to me because they have been the most influential people in my life. They have taught me how to be compassionate to others and to not take things for granted. They have always told me to be kind to everyone no matter who they were. My parents have told me about the many things they did not get to have when they were my age, which makes me value the many opportunities that I currently have. I value the many virtues they have because those are the ones I have carried throughout my high school

I am not a member of your typical, cookie-cutter, All-American family. My older brother is the complete opposite of the traditional, overprotective, role model. My younger sister is not the best friend all the movies make it seem she should be. My parents are separated but refuse to make it official because divorce is looked down on in our Nigerian culture. And I love every piece of them. My family and the things I’ve learned from them have shaped me in ways most will never experience.

Throughout my life, I have been extremely family-oriented as I have luck enough to get to know my grandparents and various cousins. My grandpa was my role model and introduced me to fishing and camping. After I joined Boy Scouts, he hoped to attend trips with the troop and gave me his tent and bought me camping gear at Christmas time. Watching how

The master, ascribed status associated with being a woman has countless affects on my experiences and how it has designed my life. Everything I do is with the mindset of a woman, whether it is how I dress or how I speak. From the time when I was young, I was the first female child within my generation. Even at the age of five, I recall countless times where I had to prove I could “hang with the boys.” This sort of initiation occurred in countless ways from doing gross dares to having to show I can take a punch—literally. Enduring all this mayhem only seemed natural because I did not want to be seen or treated differently from the boys. Time passed and my woman-ness became even more prevalent as boys were able to get away with things that I could not. “Close your legs,” “girls do not play with toy guns,” “Put down the Gameboy, go play with

As I endured the prospect of creating a genogram, I allowed myself to reflect and interpret the history and impacts that affected my family. During my review of my genogram, I was able to consider my family within a multigenerational, diverse, and socio-political context. By creating a genogram, a dialogue was started within my head and with my partner about which family traits, issues, strengths, and resiliencies made me who I am today. Subsequently, this dialogue made me aware that being raised in a small family has many advantages along with some disadvantages when acquiring information about influences and the history of preceding generations. Consequently, I did not have to contend with many conflicting recollections but I did have to rely mostly on my own memory, public records, and journals to piece together my genogram. Although all things discovered and recollected are not always fortunate on the surface, they subsist as basis to my personal resilience and strength as a gay man.

My family has shaped who I am today. What is so special about my family, though, is how close we are. I see my cousins almost every week and there is never a dull moment with them. My grandparents, Sitto and Grandpa, keep my family going. They have allowed all twenty five of us to live a successful life. My grandfather created Industrial Protection Products and Industrial Protection Services that both sell fire protection products used in departments all over New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts. My grandmother, known as Sitto in the Murphy family, assisted him in his work and shared ownership for many years. These two linked companies are run by my dad and my uncle. Without the success of my grandparents, my family along with many other families, would not be the same.

My family is an important part of what has shaped me into who I am today. My family is a huge part of my life and they impact me a great amount. Since I am around my family a large amount of time they have impacted almost everything about me. My beliefs, worldviews, actions, thoughts, attitude, and overall character have been shaped by my family. Everyone spends large amounts of time with their family when they are younger. It makes sense that a person’s cultural identity is shaped by their family, since that is what they are exposed to for their whole life. I like the same things that members of my family like and I say the same words and phrases that my family says

In class we discussed as a group about sexism and its effects on society. It was an interesting class that put so much perspective about the ramifications of this behavior. This discussion was around the same time of the Donald Trump scandal, where he made sexist comments and putdowns towards women. It made me realize that this is a current issue within the United States, where women especially are stereotyped or discriminated because of gender expectations or appearances. Thinking about the scandal, my outlook on the issue was that ‘men will be men.’ I wasn’t aware of my own micro-aggression that was being targeted towards my own gender. This class was an eye-opening experience where I began to realize my own perceptions and how I normalized

No one can’t meet a family like mine’s. My family is well diversified. Every family member plays an important role in all my family’s lives. In my family, there are four people: my father, my mother, my little brother and me. My father is one who brings money home and is also responsible for organizing and planning family trips. My mother is the one who is in charge for making meals and makes sure everyone eats at the appropriate times. My little brother is the pet of the family. He actually doesn’t have any responsibilities, for he’s the pet. I am the rock of support in my family. I always go beyond my parents’ expectations. I also support my younger cousins and little brother, by being a role model that they can look up to. Another