Every family is unique in structure, relationship, and value. The traditional family structure involves a male and a female married to provide care and stability for the family and offspring. My family, however, did not follow the traditional pattern. My nuclear family consists of my biological father, step-mother, half-sister, my biological mother, step-father, and my brother. My dad and mother had a close relationship. However, the conflict rises as my father became an alcoholic. …show more content…
It is hard to keep in touch with them due to distant and time different. I am close with my cousin, on my mother side, because they are my only friends in Thailand, and they are also the same age range as me. I am not as close with the extended family on my father side because they did not like my mother after she and my father separated. However, we are all families, and we support each other in the time of …show more content…
The hidden rules in my family are respecting the parents, parents are always right, and daughter must help her mother with chores. These are the ground rules to be followed without parents asking. Most of the time my family does not communicate or tell their kids anything. For example, one of my cousins did not discover that his sister was his real mother until he was thirteen years old. The other story is that my father and two other uncles used to be gang members. There is a myth about one of my uncle who disappear in 1999. Many beliefs he was secretly killed by the police or other gang members, and some believe that he flees the country. It has been seventeen years, yet we have not found his body or sign that he is still alive. No one would talk about what happen and choose to believe that he is