Families with a close relationship have people that you been together through good and bad times and stuck by each other’s side, they can relate to each other and build personal bonds, they are a great support system for one another, and the right amount of sibling rivalry helps build closeness between siblings.
Having good or bad situations it makes both easier to deal with when you have family by your side. In my family, I believe, good and bad situations build us as a family. As a family, we get through the bad together and cheer each other on through the good times. I was able to interview my mom, Becky, and she said [about good and bad situations], “everybody in the family know about them so we are able to talk about them”. In an interview …show more content…
Personal bonds makes for more common interests, and it shows you are interested in what the other members of the family are interested in. I look up to both of my parents. They are my heroes, when I was little I wanted to be exactly like my mom, and I strived to get my dad’s attention. So, growing up it was easier for me to form a bond with my mom; we would go on random shopping adventures that were never dull. As I got older, I started to bond with my dad that started with pool. My dad is the best pool player I have seen, so when he taught me to shoot pool at an early age I thought it was the best thing ever. I still have random shopping trips with my mom and shoot pool with my dad. Only now we bond over little conversations we have while shopping or shooting pool. My younger brother is a teenager so he is at the stage where he wants his own thing, but we tend to bond over his wrestling matches, which I never miss. Personal bonds bring us together as a family. My mom says, since I am very open it is easy to bond with me, but with my brother not being as open, it is harder. But, for both of us she lets us know that she is available to talk whenever needed. She says [having personal bonds] we know there is always somebody around. I was also able to interview my dad, Paul, which he says [having personal bonds] we are together more. “Knowing there is someone out there that understands you and thinks you are …show more content…
Given the right amount of fighting and arguing, it is not the end of the world if there is sibling rivalry. My brother is six years younger than me, and through all the arguments and fighting we know in the end that it was petty, and it brings us closer. We can bond over the fact that we do have fights, but we know we are always going to be siblings and we have to live with that. My mom says, “Arguments and battles make us stronger and we learn from them”. She used her experience as a mother and a younger sister for her statement. As Anita being a mother of three, sibling rivalry happens a lot, but she says, “If they care enough to fight about it, then they must care about each other. There would not be a rivalry if one did not look up to the other and try to do better. It is flattering and annoying at the same
Having good or bad situations it makes both easier to deal with when you have family by your side. In my family, I believe, good and bad situations build us as a family. As a family, we get through the bad together and cheer each other on through the good times. I was able to interview my mom, Becky, and she said [about good and bad situations], “everybody in the family know about them so we are able to talk about them”. In an interview …show more content…
Personal bonds makes for more common interests, and it shows you are interested in what the other members of the family are interested in. I look up to both of my parents. They are my heroes, when I was little I wanted to be exactly like my mom, and I strived to get my dad’s attention. So, growing up it was easier for me to form a bond with my mom; we would go on random shopping adventures that were never dull. As I got older, I started to bond with my dad that started with pool. My dad is the best pool player I have seen, so when he taught me to shoot pool at an early age I thought it was the best thing ever. I still have random shopping trips with my mom and shoot pool with my dad. Only now we bond over little conversations we have while shopping or shooting pool. My younger brother is a teenager so he is at the stage where he wants his own thing, but we tend to bond over his wrestling matches, which I never miss. Personal bonds bring us together as a family. My mom says, since I am very open it is easy to bond with me, but with my brother not being as open, it is harder. But, for both of us she lets us know that she is available to talk whenever needed. She says [having personal bonds] we know there is always somebody around. I was also able to interview my dad, Paul, which he says [having personal bonds] we are together more. “Knowing there is someone out there that understands you and thinks you are …show more content…
Given the right amount of fighting and arguing, it is not the end of the world if there is sibling rivalry. My brother is six years younger than me, and through all the arguments and fighting we know in the end that it was petty, and it brings us closer. We can bond over the fact that we do have fights, but we know we are always going to be siblings and we have to live with that. My mom says, “Arguments and battles make us stronger and we learn from them”. She used her experience as a mother and a younger sister for her statement. As Anita being a mother of three, sibling rivalry happens a lot, but she says, “If they care enough to fight about it, then they must care about each other. There would not be a rivalry if one did not look up to the other and try to do better. It is flattering and annoying at the same