My Family Relationship

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.

Me and my family are very close. We go on trips and vacations together. Every night we eat dinner together. My family helps me get through everything from the best to the worst times. We like going on bike rides together at Shoreline or just around the neighborhood.

My family has been nothing but supportive, loving, and caring. They taught me the value of love from a young age. My parents taught me right from wrong, and my sister taught me to hold my temper. These three people are my mentors, my family, and my best friends.

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 have a lot of family. I have a lot of cousins, and aunts, and uncles. Like i have a few cousins that live here in town. They are Jayden, Dayton, Zoe and Malik. I also have a few cousins in Arkansas because a part of our family is from Arkansas. (my grandpas side). Their names are Stormie and Katelynn. I don’t see them much.The reason I don’t is well they live in Arkansas and I live in Illinois. So we are quite a distance away. To be exact last time I remember going down I think it took 9 hours!! I know I have more cousins than that. But those are some main ones I talk to. ( I talk to Stormie and Katelynn by texting them, calling them, and messaging them over facebook.)

My family is very kind and caring. My mom, Sheila Wemark and she is the oldest. She would alway take care of you if you were sick because she loves us a lot. My dad Aaron Wemark is one year younger than Sheila. He was the one who built are house with some help from my cousins and I. I am the next oldest and I like to play golf with my grandpa and cousins.

Every Family is capable of creating a close family dynamic. Families with close relationships go through good and bad times, hold personal bonds, support one another, and have sibling rivalry.

My parents and I have always had a close relationship. There is not a time where I do not tell them about what goes on in my life, how I feel about things, and about my school life. Ever since I was little, I grew up trusting my parents. Dad always knew how to brighten up my days every time I was feeling gloomy and hopeless. Once I was very upset over a loss in a soccer game, immediately my father noticed my sorrow and did everything he could to draw a smile on my face. I trust my dad with all my heart, but my confidence has always been wider with my mother. She basically knows my life, everything that goes on, and everything I do. That bond that we share with each other is unbreakable. Mom has always been a stubborn person, and always gets things done her way. But she is also caring, and always listens to what each of us in our family has to say. I do not find myself in another home, my parents have gave me everything I ever wanted, love, comfort, understanding, and trust.

Growing up I have had an extremely supportive family. They have always encouraged me to try my hardest at whatever I do. Ever since my grandmother passed away, I always do things I think would make her happy and proud. Although, making others happy shouldn’t be your only motivation.

My family is the most important thing in my life. For example, they take me out of my comfort zone. They have challenged me through some tough ups and down to get me to who I am today. Through all of that, they have stayed positive and helped me when I was struggling. My family is also very loving to me and love me no matter the situation. My parents want me to succeed, so they give me what is best for me and what will help me to excel. Another trait that I love about my family is when we play games we are competitive. Whenever we have game night, we always are fighting and trying to beat the other team. Lastly, my family is very silly. My sister, Charlotte, does dance parties and tells us jokes that always make us laugh. We always try to make the best out of every situation and try to make each other laugh. My family has made me into the person I am

I will tell you how loved ones viewed me and my children during and after. We got married in our early twenties. In retrospect all the signs were there, but because I came from a close, loving family, none of us knew what we were really dealing with. My family and friends couldn’t miss that he was self-absorbed, always the centre of attention, very aware of the effect his witty or acute remarks had on others. Some friends disliked him because of the way he made others look stupid, but my family supported me and we all assumed that deep down, he was caring and loving and this was just a show. My ex was very intelligent, and knew exactly how to play us all. (In their defense - they are also very intelligent, but have simply never had a close encounter with NPD.) I am pretty sure that he made us move away to a city where I had no family, because they would’ve started to see through him soon enough.

My family hasn’t had the best luck with dogs. I am 14 years old and I have had 5 dogs in my life. There was Foxy who had a deathly seizure, Jazzy who died of old age and Jitters who passed after 4 months of having her. Things were hard. Now I have two 8 pound pals; a bouncy, bubbly bullet of a dog named Mimsy Moo and a dog-cat hybrid named Kevin Bacon. Kevin is always basking in the sun and taking naps while Mimsy is on the move whenever she can. Mimsy has been in our lives for about a year but we didn’t get her until we went through barrels of trouble. This is the story of how Mimsy Moo became a permanent member of the Kostal family.

Family Theory deals with multiple theories that applied to families and those situations that occurred whether it was a job, marriage, husband, or even having a baby. However; I will list a few of those mentioned in my class; Rational Choice and Social Exchange Theory, Symbolic Interaction, Life Coarse and Lifespan theory, and Conflict and critical Theory. The main theories that mostly happen in my Geno gram were life course and Rational Choice theory. In this paper I will write about the theories that applied to my family levels.

For the first 9 years of my life I was the youngest of 3 siblings. At the age of 6 my parents separated and that is where some of my life struggles began. Both my mom and dad are extremely loving and nurturing people; however, they had a tendency to triangulate the three of us kids in regards to who gets who, when, and all those fun things that come with divorce. The schedule I was on for most of my childhood was Tuesdays and every other weekend with my dad and the rest with my mom. I grew resentful of this as I got older because I felt that it should be more even and that didn’t change until I was well into high school and made the decision to change the schedule for myself. Then when I was 9 years old my mom had a little baby girl. Long story short, my little sisters father is in her life now but wasn’t for the first year or so. This was hard for me at first because I didn’t fully understand the situation, but regardless of my understanding the love I had/have for my little sister was/is unconditional. Even though there is quite an age gap between my younger sister and us three older siblings, we are all still very close. Before my mom had my little sister she was a paraprofessional at our elementary school, and then after she had her she started doing daycare. My dad finished his degree in business and economics and he has sold insurance my whole life. While my mom always had struggles with money, my dad usually did not. Both of my parents taught me hard work ethics and I

My family happens to be deeply religious, conservative and often closed minded about certain aspects of life. In other words, everything that they tend to support and believe in as a family unit, tends to be something I can not personally agree with. As anyone can imagine, this has deeply affected my interpersonal relationship with my family in a negative impact. As an adult, I have come to my own conclusions about my personal beliefs about life and what those entail for myself. These beliefs are usually the exact opposite of what I grew up with, much to the disappointment of my family which has created a deep divide between us. This has probably affected my relationship with my father the most, as he has always been the most outspoken about his disappointment.