While conducting a systematic analysis of three generation of Marie’s family of origin, the author discovered that the family has been operating under an open family system for over sixty eight years. For instance, grandma E’s three marriage and two children being born out of the wedlock indicated that there was an open invitation to a streamline of incoming and outgoing people in her life. The fact that she allowed interchange with the environment she was in to dictate her decisions making, created intergenerational patterns and dysfunctional boundaries that have been carried on by her offspring. An example of an interchange with the environment was grandma’s involvement with multiple men because it was difficult to find someone that could
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Grandma E had two children outside of marriage. Three of grandma E’s daughters including Marie’s mother had children outside of marriage. Marie’s youngest sister already has a child without having to get married. This particular pattern directly impacted Marie. A brief conversation with Marie’s mother in the past regarding her decision to having Marie without having to marry her father was imprudent (Mother N, Public Communication, 2016). In a sense, that she was dismissive of the importance of the father’s existence in a child’s life. Marie on the other hand, felt that it was an embarrassment to have grown up in a small society fatherless. According to Marie, her distress began when she realized that the main reason her grandmother raised her was because her mother wanted to pursue her own interest and that raising a child without a father did not appeal beneficial for her (Marie, Public Communication, 2016). When Marie’s youngest sister Joey had a baby two years ago out of marriage, Marie realized that it did not bother her mother as much as it bothered her. As a matter of fact, Marie’s mother and her stepfather had no problem stepping in to raise the baby. This is another practice that was demonstrated from grandma E’s time whereas any child that was born out of marriage was given to the
Grandma E had two children outside of marriage. Three of grandma E’s daughters including Marie’s mother had children outside of marriage. Marie’s youngest sister already has a child without having to get married. This particular pattern directly impacted Marie. A brief conversation with Marie’s mother in the past regarding her decision to having Marie without having to marry her father was imprudent (Mother N, Public Communication, 2016). In a sense, that she was dismissive of the importance of the father’s existence in a child’s life. Marie on the other hand, felt that it was an embarrassment to have grown up in a small society fatherless. According to Marie, her distress began when she realized that the main reason her grandmother raised her was because her mother wanted to pursue her own interest and that raising a child without a father did not appeal beneficial for her (Marie, Public Communication, 2016). When Marie’s youngest sister Joey had a baby two years ago out of marriage, Marie realized that it did not bother her mother as much as it bothered her. As a matter of fact, Marie’s mother and her stepfather had no problem stepping in to raise the baby. This is another practice that was demonstrated from grandma E’s time whereas any child that was born out of marriage was given to the