Demetrius's Role In The Family

Within our family we each take the part of several functional roles. For myself, the primary role is the parental role in which I provide my children with guidance, support, and expectations to raise them to the best of my ability. This role allows me to share my values and beliefs with my children, teach them responsibility, and model for them appropriate behaviors. Furthermore, the parental role requires me to be a scheduler, transporter, and a tutored for my children. Through this role I make sure my children receive healthcare, go to school, attend events, and complete their homework. Although it is not often this role also includes providing discipline as needed. Demetrius and I share the parental role more now than we have in the past, but his primary role continues to focus more on being the provider in the family. In the role of the provider he provides financially to the needs …show more content…
I fill the problematic role of being the over-protective one of the children. My children’s safety is my biggest concern and often times lead to the over-protectiveness that I display. Very rarely do I allow my children to spend the night at other people’s houses including relatives. I also do not allow them to go very many places without adult supervision out of fear that they will not be safe. This is not an issue of their behavior or choices it is an issue of not trusting others in society. Demetrius fills the problematic role of being the controller of the family. He always wants to have say in everything that the other family members are doing, where they go, and who they associate with. Demetrius attempts to control the choices and restrict the decisions of the other family members. This has negatively impacted the relationships even with extended family members to the point that we do not have ties with extended family members anymore. When he does not have control over others in the family he expresses