The Barnes family is not a traditional family as most of the decision making rest solely on the matriarch of the family. Mr. Barnes makes all if not most of the decisions about how the family income is spent and what activities the family partakes in. She is the sole authoritative figure in the family in regards to disciplining her daughter as well as her grandson. However, Mr. Barnes is more reserved and follows his wife directives. During the interactions with the family most of my questions were answered by Mrs. Barnes Responses by other family members seemed to be in line with her responses to the questions being asked.
Additionally, when the topic of her adopted daughter low self-esteem and depression was discussed