My Family Of The Family

Emily’s upbringing is plagued with difficulties. She is the first-born of a young mother and the eldest of five brothers and sisters. As a baby, she is

Generations upon generations of people have been thriving in Spanish speaking countries. Cuba is no different, through traditional clothing and special holidays they always are in tune with the past. With flamboyant traditional attire, that rivals the suns bright color and Spring flowers, coupled with fun to watch free flowing up beat music like Guaguancó or Pachanga, the Cuban culture is very exciting. In order to start to describe my family ties with Cuba, I will use an analogy: With every spin of a vibrant dress it seems as if the hands of time slowly turn back time. As the clock goes back so does my family history. In the early 1920's my great grandmother and her family made the trip from Spain to Cuba. Ever since then my family has had bearings

Although the mother may have been trying to help Emily, the mother should have tried to take care of Emily better instead of sending her off as the only solution. One of the other effects of her mother’s unavoidable neglect is Emily’s failure to be on the same pace as her peers in class. She is at a state of illiteracy that is uncommon for her age at the time which may be a result from staying at home instead of going to class to take care of the household. In addition to the mother’s neglect, having a sister who was the ideal poster child may have caused self confidence problems as she grew older being the odd one out in the family. Emily’s mother should have made sure she was able to take care of Emily first before deciding to give birth to another child. What the mother thought would be the best option for Emily had a more clear negative effect on Emily after she grew older still not having any clear direction in her life.

In 1971, New York Times columnist Fred Ferretti wrote an article about a new television series called All in the Family. Ferretti asked, whether or not if racism and bigotry were considered funny and he concluded that it was not and as a result believed that the show was lacking good taste. Apparently, the television viewers of America disagreed. Running from 1971 to 1979, All In The Family wasn’t the first television series to tackle major issues on a major network, but what was innovative about the series, was that is that it hewed its situational comedy from topical issues, and it explored them through characters we got to know and cared about every week. Simply put, All in the Family wasn’t just a great situational comedy; it as was an ongoing national conversation rooted in well-written, well-acted and multifaceted characters.

The relationships children develop with their family members

Emily’s father did not let her have a normal childhood life. By

     Emotional support also plays an important role of Emily’s well being. The idea mother suppose to care, support, and value their children needs. Emily needed this nourishment. She needed her mother to smile at her in order for her to feel a connection with the person that she supposed to be able to depend on. Emily’s mother did not know how to communicate with Emily. The mother-daughter relationship has an element of coldness, it lacks warmth. “There were years she did not want me to touch her” (Olsen 262). Emily’s mother inability to interact with her, leaves Emily unloved and in return, she shall not express any love toward her mother. Emily’s mother feels her “wisdom came too late” (Olsen 262). With this thought in mind, Emily’s mother shall never show communication or love to Emily, therefore the relationship shall continue to be doomed.

By the age of seven she had been to a babysitter, her fathers family, a nursery school, and a convalescent home. Emily’s mother describes the effect it had on her daughter though out the years, “When she saw me she would break into a clogged weeping that could not be comforted, a weeping I can hear yet.” (284) Even when they were together Emily would cry because she knows that eventually her mother would have to leave again.

The mother was nineteen when she had this baby and she was either employed or looking for work. The old man says to the mother that: "You should smile at Emily more when you look at her." What was in my face when 1looked at her? I loved her. There were all the acts of love” (293). The mother could hardly smile to her daughter because she worried how to afford Emily’s basic needs. The struggles of her life to earn the essential requirements for her daughter made her not to smile at her daughter and this leads us to believe that she is not happy being a mother of this daughter. Emily's mother left the infant with neighbors while she looked for work, and eventually had to leave her longer term with the father's family so she could save money. Emily contracted chicken pox, which replaced her beauty with pock-marks. Furthermore, she sent the girl to a nursery school, even though Emily passionately begged not to go. However, the mother had no choice because she had to work. The mother loves her daughter, but the problem is money to raise her daughter up and knowing the father left them as they were poor..

Our movie family is a great example for using a structural treatment approach. We chose this model because we wanted to look at the family's relationships, patterns, and behaviors. This therapy approach also focuses on subsystems within the family structure, such as parental or sibling subsystems. We felt that the parents and the twins would be perfect for our different subsystems. One assumption that we have discovered about the family in this movie is they do not have very good communication.

Forming bonds within the family is another cause for closer family dynamics. Personal bonds make for more common interests, and it shows you are interested in what the other members of the family are interested in. I look up to both of my parents. They are my heroes, when

Emily’s mother realizes, as she is ironing, that she was not as good of a mother to Emily than to her other child, but at the time, she did what she thought was best. Once, an old man told her to smile more to Emily, but she didn’t understand “What was in [her] face when [she] looked at her[Emily]? [She] loved her. They were all the acts of love.” (p.384) until she had other children. Emily also does her best to conform, to be like everybody else, she applies in school. At one point she has a crush on a boy and tries to gain his attention, but even though “Licorice was his favorite and [she] brought him some every day” (p.386) he still prefers another girl, causing Emily to feel unfit. It is not until she discovers her talents for acting that she feels like she’s finally meeting expectations and freeing herself of institutional pressure. This is proved when she comes home and tells her mother she doesn’t really care about exams, showing school isn’t an institutional pressure for her

Despite the misfortunes that families like Emily’s may endure, there are families that can overcome those problems. In fact, towards the end of the story, the reader can infer that Emily’s life will turn around when the mother describes the “roaring, stamping audience” when Emily is giving her performance (Olsen 304). In accordance with Emily, the mother also goes through a character change. She realizes all she hasn't done for Emily and states that from this point forward, she will do better in caring for

In the early stages of a child’s character development, the family is the first social group that the child has. The relationship that is fostered between the family and the child is important, because it is the role of the family that influences the child’s behavior. Although the child may be influenced by the father and siblings, these relationships are looked to second. The child realizes early that the family belongs to him. This leads to jealousy towards other siblings because he may strive to be significant, and establish a position of superiority. Once the child comes to trust the family, it no longer feels threatened. By fostering a good relationship with the family, the child develops trust which leads to the child developing

I grew up in a household slightly different from the average household. This abnormal household showed me that no matter the family unit someone can have a positive influence in their life that will push them to achieve their goals. We lived in Maryland so the cost of living was high my parents had to work multiple jobs. This means my brother and I really had little to none parental or supervision growing up. I am only four years younger than my brother so I would hang with his crowd of friends rather than mine. In my household, my mother’s niece, Monet lived with us she is about ten years older than my brother. When my brother and I would wake up and I would be the only person in the house. I can remember waking up and smelling the freshly cooked waffles and bacon downstairs. Monet was my mother’s brother, daughter. Monet became so close to my brother Avery and I she was almost as if she was our sister. I can remember growing up and she would always say, “You don't have to take the route I took, its many more exits on the highway.” Even though I was young I was not blind to the fact of Monet role in the community and her neighborhood job I never judged her, she did what she had to do to make ends meet. It was an experience every day, or anytime being with Monet. She was so popular around Maryland it was almost like everywhere we went we received respect love. Now that I look back at the past, I see that Monet has taught me a lot that I know and live by today. I could