Roles Of A Grand Son

Being punished as a young child, life seemed harsh and uneasy. The way parents would yell at you, tell you what to do, what not to do, and they always seemed to have gotten in the way of doing what us children wanted to do. It was all done for a reason however. The "cruelty" our parents showed us was out of love. They just want to use their experience to help guide our lives to success. With their guidance we are given opportunities to change some of the things we do for the better. Parents were raised a generation before us, therefore making them not as "chat-friendly" as someone whose our age. Mom and dad have helped in so many ways that we would not be able to name them all. From teaching us about nutrition to what words not to

Now throughout my life, being the oldest son, and brother I have always felt that I needed to set the example for the rest of my family. I’ve felt that I needed to be the pillar of strength to carry my family, my parents always made me believe that if I was strong then everyone else around me would benefit. Emotionally as a child I felt shut off from the world because I would be struck/scowled for crying, or even if I’d show the slightest bit of what my parent’s called “overconfidence”, which is basically any type of trying to feel good about my accomplishments in any form. But of course I was always expected to perform at the peak and be above everyone. For this type of upbringing I was “isolated” from the rest of my peers, emotionally detached, and felt as if I was an unwanted enigma. As it says in “Mirrorings” on page 729, “I felt that I was the only one walking about in the world who understood what was really important.”

From an early age I was always told to do better and more than those who came before me by my mother.

There is social roles and then there is social issues. From a very young age, as soon as a child reaches the capacity to understand, they are taught that they are ‘male’ or ‘female’ and that one should follow the social norm (role) that society has placed out for them. A male can only be strong, profound, masculine, stern, and emotionally controlled. While a women should only be nurturing, gentle, and sensitive. This is all before we even reach puberty, which largely created a (social) issue over the course of our generation. It makes it hard for people to find their identities in society. “All the worlds a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits, and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts” (William Shakespeare, Act 2, Scene 7, P. 6).

The most influential person in an individual life happens to be the parents. Parents teach their children expected behavior, boundaries, and rules. Although, children are always more attentive to their parent’s behavior; something parents quite often do not realize. If the parents walk does not match their talk their; kids will not take in consideration what they have been taught. Kids always have that mentality of “if you did it, I will do it too because it is okay.” Children learn more from their parents character than their teachings; demonstrating that actions speak louder than words. Clearly, what individuals are exposed in their adolescents shapes their mentality affecting how they perceive situations and people. A lot of things

No one can control what family they are born into nor what struggles are destined for them in the future. By the age of nine, my parents could no longer help me with my homework, rather they could only offer a few words of encouragement. The language barrier and cultural clash we experienced as a family put me at a disadvantage compared to other children my age.

When it comes to authority figures I think my parents were trying to teach us to act with integrity and not let others think for us or tell us what to do. At first my family seemed to be deontological; when I was younger, I followed these rules because that is what I was taught to do. Today these values appear to be virtuous to me, I now do these things because it is something a good person would do and I prefer to be a good person.

Through what my sister and I we were taught growing up, we function and have learned our roles in society based on the values instilled in us as children. Our family learned to function as a unit through its structure.

It is easy to be blind to how different peoples lives are from each other. We are so fixed in our habits that we forget to think about how every one of our actions is influential to other individuals. As I have practiced thinking like a sociologist over the course of four months, I have practiced looking at the world with a bigger lens rather than my narrow-minded viewpoint. C. Wright Mills coined the term “the sociological imagination,” which is the importance of viewing the world as a whole and how everyone plays a part in it. We can not just rely on ourselves and our own experiences to know what the world is all about. Being the second youngest of eleven children certainly doesn’t seem normal, but the area I grew up in, my household

Working-class parents receive orders from those in higher positions at work and must obey those orders to retain employment. My parents told my sister and myself what they expected and believed we should act in accordance to the rules and regulations they gave us. Household chorus were not options but orders that must be fulfilled to avoid consequences. Reasoning with children was a taboo concept that I never witnessed in my family as well as other families growing up. As children we hardly if ever challenged the adults. We respected our elders and obeyed the rules that were in place no matter the setting just as our parent followed and obeyed orders from their superiors or supervisors. For my parents challenging authority could cost them their jobs which made them teach us to respect those in supervisory positions. Still to this day we respect authority and find ourselves emphasizing obedience in our own

Society and how it has shaped me into the person I am today? I can recall growing up as a kid, we didn’t have the fancy things like kids do today. We were able to get by with what we had. My mother worked hard to give us the very best possible. Numerous parents today don’t let their children try, fail, be resilient, problem solve, or even have achievements of their own. All parents want the best intentions for their children, but if we keep hovering over them, overprotecting and enable them they will not have the true sense of self, know who they are, or realized what is truly important in life. They will not be able to have healthy relationships or stand on their own in the world.

By having a father in the home it enables the child to see a masculine role inside the home. The father’s role is not to act as an authoritarian for the mother for punishment, but to also give the child love.

I chose Urie Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model of child development to reflect on my stages of development. In the microsystem of Bronfenbrenner’s model, my early childhood family structure included my uncle, his wife and their five children. I went to live with my uncle after my mother passed away. By middle childhood, my uncle and his wife migrated to the United Sates and I went to live with one of his daughters( Erica) and her two children. They became my construct of what a family represent. Although I was welcomed in Erica’s family, I felt as if I did not belong in their family. The only place I felt accepted was at school. The classroom represented a place where I expressed my feelings without being ignored or judged by my peers. Also, I had very observant and understanding teachers who had the best of my interest. I had one teacher , Mr. Francis, who believed that I was capable of improving academically. At the end of his class, he noted in my report card that I had potential to be academically competent, however, I needed to settle down and apply myself to learning. His comments motivated me to do my best throughout elementary school. During elementary school, I maintained healthy relationships with my peers. There were never any reports of misconduct of any misunderstanding amongst my peers. In fact, interactions with them thought me how to engage in fair play, wait my turn, build trust and explore my environment. In exploring my environment, I

People come from different backgrounds and have different experiences as they progress in life. Some can have more negative, and some can have more positive influences around them in their sociocultural environments. When we think of a family, we usually think of it consisting of the children, two parents, usually a male and a female, who are married. This is changing though in the United States. Different types of families are starting to emerge now. For example grandparent families, single parent families, and divorced families are just some examples that are becoming more common in our society. This can affect how a child and the experiences they face shapes them into the person they become. A major factor in children’s life that gives them real world experiences, and teaches them on how to start becoming independent are social institutions, like school or church. Social institutions like schools can have negative and also positive effects on children and how successful they are in life.

Family, they are single-handedly the most important aspect of your development into an independent adult. I’ve grown up in a white suburban neighborhood, and my hometown is in Champlin, Minnesota. My life is heavily influenced by my family and family traditions such as celebrating Christmas and having Easter egg hunts. Childhood is the most crucial part of everyone’s life. It’s also the most critical time for learning and because of this, while you’re growing up, you tend to absorb a tremendous amount of information. Parents are a major force in a child’s development, and they instruct what is right and what is wrong. The ideas and traditions of parents typically pass on to you, and then to your children. These ideas and traditions will be a major key in helping you find who you are as a person. In the past two years, I’ve come to realize that my family, family traditions, and the food I consume has transformed me into the jolly, independent, young adult.