Myth Of The Perfect Family

The word perfect means completely free from all faults-there are happy, loving, caring, and healthy families but not perfect. As one man said, " No family is perfect we argue, we fight. We even stop talking to each other at times, but in the end, family is family the love will always be there, " The perfect family is as real as an atheist view to god. Parents have more abundant resources and are better educated with easy access to modern technology. Parents are now able to improve their parenting skills. Edward L. Schor comments "The modern family can never achieve perfection, but successful parents acknowledge and accept that imitation." (Myth of the perfect family). Living in a modern world, our lives are made easier through the use of technology an example being the ability to keep in touch with family. Howe ever, this is not true about the children who tend to love playing on …show more content…
They know how to take care of each other. This is actually a difficult skills to learn parents teach their children to to adults who take care of each of themselves by cooperatively and teaching them how to be members of society. Karen Miller said" These children, turn, become adults responsible for creating and rearing the next generation." (What Are Some Characteristics of the Modern Family). In this day and age family tend to repeat the cycle of wrong doing but when the make a list of guideline they will have a happy and healthy family. Brydon, Diana said" As i look as this list, i realize that our family has plenty of room for improvements." (Findley's Families) Accounting to Fitzgerald Matt it is our imperfection and imperfect family that teach us to be humble merciful-we hurt each other and then we forgive one another; we learn from our imperfect actions. We learn that we deserve well received unearned love, but if it were not for forgiveness, families would not be able to exist. (God Among The