We live in a society that is evolving, both physically and mentally. 1000 years ago, we had to worry about the safety of our community, make sure we had food to eat, and had a safe place to sleep. This didn 't give us much time to reflect on how to live life. We are an evolving species that learns from past experiences and apply it to our lives and the way we live it. Being able to do this is a form of freedom. Freedom of the mind allows us to reflect and explore on the principles that we have been taught and those that we have learned. There are many things in this world that shape us into who we are today. I believe that the most influential part of my life that has shaped me into the person I am today is my family. It has taught me honesty, …show more content…
This would be considered your immediate family. I would argue that family is more that that. It is the people that you consider the closest to you. Family should allow a person to develop. A good family environment has dialectic conversations on issues that are going on in your life. Investigating these issues allows you to see different points of views and allows wisdom to be transfer and applied. Also, having a family culture that allows you to voice your opinion and challenge the views that have been taught in the household transforms the person that you are today. This helps grow your mind and permits you to think critically about many things that are presented to you in life. Family also teaches you values and principles in life that will make you a better …show more content…
I would have to deal with issues in my life that others wouldn’t. I would have to ask permission to sleep over a friends house, and most of the time the answer was no. The reasoning that my father would give me was that I had my own bed at home. I never really understood this. I never thought this was satisfactory enough. After hours of questioning one night, I finally got a more reasonable answer. He would go through all the possibilities that could happen to me when I wasn 't in his realm of existence for the night. He had no control of what I could get into. He didn 't know what type of person my parents friends where, good or bad. And he didn 't want to put the burden of responsibility on someone else to care for me. After back and forth conversations, we came to a compromise. I proposed that maybe he should meet my friends parents. This way, he could get to know what type of people they are, and he could pass that trust along to them. After doing this, the issue of wanting to sleep over a friends house never came up anymore. I didn 't want to sleep over my friends house anymore. I had heard my fathers thoughts and decided that he had good reasons. This is just a small example of how having a discussion within the family allowed both him and I to see another point of view and come to a reasonable
The therapist would work to sense the triangles that are currently formed between family members. Also find understanding of the family by use of role reversals along with challenging the family with putting universal principles at odds with the family’s beliefs. By creating unbalance with warmth and support, the therapist looks to increase family cohesion and harmony. The therapist will also investigate the family dynamic by allowing them to express and name the symbolic interactions that are shared so that can be uncovered and understood. Once the family’s symbolic and real curative factors are addressed, the therapist can push for growth and maturity in the family. Because the family is seen as individuals in a family unit for example established
In The Family Crucible, the authors provide a unique approach to family therapy. In reading the text, skillful therapists worked with a seriously dysfunctional family (Brice). The therapists motivated this family to embark on a journey that would eventually allow them to help themselves. An interesting technique used with the family that I choose is termination. The therapists made it very clear that the family can drop out of therapy at any time. It is their responsibility to continue or not to continue. During the termination phase David and Carolyn's marriage became "alive" and they work "individually" but "together" when conflicts erupt . The couple stops being each other therapists by taking responsibility for their own growth increased
When I was younger, I wanted to go to the mall with all of my friends and no parents for a birthday party. I was so excited that I got invited to go that I had already told all my friends that I could and that I would see them there. At home, I went to my dad to ask if I could go (thinking the answer would be yes) and he exclaimed “NO” and stared at him shocked because I had already told all my friends that I could go. Questions ran through my head, “why not? I already told all of my friends I could!” I asked. He just stared at me and said “It is very dangerous going alone and I don’t want you to get hurt. End of discussion” and that was it. I flew up to my room and slammed the door because I was so angry and I started thinking to myself that it was so unfair. Then I saw things from his perspective, I wouldn’t want my kid running around in a huge mall without any parents, it was dangerous. I gained a new perspective by putting myself in his shoes and seeing why he wouldn’t let me go to the birthday party. This new perspective helped me understand why it was bad and helped me make better choices in the future. As I was coming-of-age I realized my father’s perspective.
What is a family? Everyone has their own definitions of what it mean to them. Family is more profound and more complex to understand and define. Something inside of us that gives a meaningful aspect to life itself. Something worth living, dying and fighting for. A great sacrifice but worthwhile to fullest extent to its meaning. Family is that is not only wanting to belong to but it is something that controls our human instincts and emotional feelings. So, family must be very important that it drives us to extreme measures. No matter what ethnic group, race, nationality, social, religion, or culture background we come from, family is the most common importance and interest to every human being.
Family can be a many of things in your life. They can be the family you were born into. They could be some of your closest friends that you know consider your family. So they don’t have to be your blood or kin. They can be your friends as well. But if you have one or the other or are lucky and have both. They can be a major factor or influence on your life. From the person you marry to the job you take. From the places you go and see and to the people you meet in between. The people you consider family will always be there and influence those factors and many more. As much as you portray yourself as independent they will always act as a life line on your life. So family can help you in your personal life, teach you things as a person, be with
How can a simple six letter word be so complicated to define? Family is a single word that is open to many interpretations depending on the individual. If you try to condense this ideal to a single clinical definition you end up excluding numerous members of society. What comes to mind when you think of the word family? While in the most broken down and literal sense, family means a relative with a blood or legal bond, the word family can encompass blood relations, adoptions, and even intentional relationships such as friendships. Economies, cultures, and backgrounds can further differentiate what one’s perception of a family is. For many people, including me, a family is so much more. It is the amount of commitment, cohesiveness, and importance
Family, a group consisting of parents and children living together in a household. Although family is a concretely defined term, the idea of family varies from person to person. But, what makes a family? For those who are surrounded by loving blood relatives, for those who have never known the one to grant them life, for those who have left their blood behind for a more loving and nurturing environment, what can commonly define a family? Family is something defined by the individual. Family includes those who you have come to love, whether platonically or romantically, those you have suffered with, those you have come to respect, and most importantly those you have cared for and in turn have cared for you. To one that could mean people who
As a child, family was very important to me. My parents made it very clear that the people in your family are the people that are going to be on your side for the rest of your life. My parents were young when they had me so they needed some extra help. Although they did everything in their power to make sure their work schedules were set so that somebody would always be at home to watch me, that just wasn 't always possible. When in doubt, my granny would always come through. I began to build a very strong bond with her being that she was one of my main care takers. Over the years my parents started to figure things out so they no longer needed grannies help. But this is not what I wanted. Instead of
The unit of a family is the most prominent essential for all of us. As social human beings, we seek social support in order to thrive, and that is where family comes into play. A family is where you receive love, support, encouragement, and many other social benefits. The total number of households in the United States increased from 63 million in 1970 to 113 million in 2008 (Weeks, 2012). The family has influenced multitudes of people in many ways. The traditional family in the United States consists two-married individuals providing care and stability for their biological offspring also know as the nuclear family. However, the term of a true family has ultimately changed over the last 50 years especially for African Americans.
The ones who would do anything to see you smile and who love you no matter what”. This quote states that family is not always the ones you are related to by blood line. Family is the ones who care and will love unconditionally. Sometimes children do not want to talk to parents about a situation, talking to a sibling or a friend could be a better choice for the child. Friends give just as much support as family would if not better advice.
Everyone seems to define family differently, however, the significance of family is the same. For you, family means everything. You can always count on your parents and siblings for help and love. Family is very valuable and important to you and should never be taken for granted. No one can deny that family is the foundation of our generation. A family is where we all start our life journey and helps us grow to be successful throughout our lives.
My family is who I have socialized most with since they were the first ever people I interacted with. Family has had a large influence over who I am today because they are the people who I learned almost everything from (primary socialization). The reason I have such high morals and values is because of my family. By observing and taking from their behavior I was able to form my own values through nurture. Although they taught me a lot of beneficial things that make me a better person, I have also learned from some of my family members bad habits. My uncle always smoked around the kids, including myself, when I was younger and I never liked the smell and now I associate that memory with cigarettes and it makes me not have any desire to smoke whatsoever. I also had another uncle who went to jail a lot for selling drugs and other related things, and since I definitely did not want to end up in jail I now make smart decisions, and associate myself with people who benefit me. On the whole my family has made me a nobler person by both their good and bad
As a young adult lady, I grew up always being told how perfect I truly was, I grew up with the unconditional support of both my parents and a strong center in family orientation. I was blessed with these luxuries and I am forever thankful. Although I control the outcome of my life and I control my thought processes and social behaviors, my family has a big impact on how I carry myself and the aspirations I set for myself. Having a supportive family makes my life easier to endure during rough patches in my life and easier to reach my goals. I’ve endured the heartaches and the painful memories, but I am never alone in my pain. I think my family is the direct cause of my naturally elevated confidence during this vulnerable phase in my life, Although I do not want to give the perception of perfection but this mindset has helped me get through the toughest patches and come out on top, it has helped me dispatch from friends when needed and form positive inferences on how healthy relationships are suppose to look like. All families have some type of unique dysfunction, the dysfunction helps with the development of “ lessons learned”. Every family has different dynamics, some are smaller, some are big, some are closer than others. The only similarity that remains is that they all make an impact on a child 's mental, physical and
It is a source of comfort, support, security, and protection. Family helps make sense of the world by allowing one to feel unique and special and be encouraged to follow their dreams and to succeed at life. Families will experience life differently but it should be a safe place that opinions can be expressed openly and each member be made to feel important. While college will provide academic lessons in life, the lessons learned from family will directly affect one's personal values and behaviors. Every stage of life presents joys and challenges. Relationships teach how to cope with those joys and challenges and boost the ability to reach life
In this discussion, I will be explaining how I define family. I will also include my immediate and extended family. I will also describe what family means to me, how mine differs from other families in my neighborhood, and also how they are similar. I will also describe my family’s ethnicity and how it may affect any of my family’s health. To me, a family is a group of people that are brought together by blood, adoption, or marriage.