What is a family and what makes up a family? As a child you don’t examine the depth of family, you just participate in it, by knowing your role: father, mother, aunt, son, daughter, sister, etc. You might even consider your childhood friend as your cousin or sister/brother. Family is a deep connection of unity, resiliency, love, and support. Like in most relationships, there will be obstacles which only makes the connection stronger even in weakness. The family is our foundation to this country and without it, it will drastically decline. Our strength comes from the values taught by our family first and society second. It teaches us communication, determination, empathy, loyalty, commitment, and how to be productive. The family is our first
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My family (mother and father) was once a single household, a time I will never remember. Both my parents were drug abusers, by the age of five, my father left the house for rehabilitation and has been clean since then. On the other hand, my mother maintained her chosen life-style. We lived in government projects and depended on the system. Life was a struggle for her, that I never knew. She kept her habit under radar because I was unaware of it for a long time, or I was blind to it because I didn’t want to know. Matter of fact, majority of the residents there lived with their own secrets. Even with that said, my mother made sure she provided for me. I did not have the nicest things. Most of it was hand-me-downs. We did not always have food in the house. By me saying all this, my family was our strength. Because of the struggles I had to endure while growing up, it made me value family even more. I was determined to change things, I wanted to provide a better life for me and my family. I got my first job when I was 14 and been working ever since, I wanted to be able to provide for myself. I got my first apartment when I was 18. I was the first to graduate from college even though I had a child at an early age. I joined the military. To this day, I wonder how I could be in the position I am today. My family pros …show more content…
We only see each other on certain occasions and majority of the family do not show up. It is hard to come together due to work schedules, funds, and personal reasons. My family/household consists of my mother, fiancé, son, daughter, and extended family from his ex-wife. It takes patience, dedication, and repetition to instill new traditions, it is hard when you have two working parents. I wanted us to become a more traditional family so I decided that we would eat dinner together at the table, that only lasted a month. Additionally, I would read to my son before he goes to bed, but again my work schedule did not permit it. Now we both have day jobs, his job hours depend on the job and my job is far away. When I get home from work my son has already eaten. I check his homework and I make sure he takes a bath, then I give him a hug and a kiss goodnight (which is something new). Every other weekend we go to the movies or watch a movie at home as a family. We make sure the kids participate in extracurricular activities. As we continue to shape our traditions some things will carry over from the past like spending quality time together. I would like to enforce parent date nights and family dinners. The differences would be religion; I will not force religion on my family, equal household duties, and
My family (mother and father) was once a single household, a time I will never remember. Both my parents were drug abusers, by the age of five, my father left the house for rehabilitation and has been clean since then. On the other hand, my mother maintained her chosen life-style. We lived in government projects and depended on the system. Life was a struggle for her, that I never knew. She kept her habit under radar because I was unaware of it for a long time, or I was blind to it because I didn’t want to know. Matter of fact, majority of the residents there lived with their own secrets. Even with that said, my mother made sure she provided for me. I did not have the nicest things. Most of it was hand-me-downs. We did not always have food in the house. By me saying all this, my family was our strength. Because of the struggles I had to endure while growing up, it made me value family even more. I was determined to change things, I wanted to provide a better life for me and my family. I got my first job when I was 14 and been working ever since, I wanted to be able to provide for myself. I got my first apartment when I was 18. I was the first to graduate from college even though I had a child at an early age. I joined the military. To this day, I wonder how I could be in the position I am today. My family pros …show more content…
We only see each other on certain occasions and majority of the family do not show up. It is hard to come together due to work schedules, funds, and personal reasons. My family/household consists of my mother, fiancé, son, daughter, and extended family from his ex-wife. It takes patience, dedication, and repetition to instill new traditions, it is hard when you have two working parents. I wanted us to become a more traditional family so I decided that we would eat dinner together at the table, that only lasted a month. Additionally, I would read to my son before he goes to bed, but again my work schedule did not permit it. Now we both have day jobs, his job hours depend on the job and my job is far away. When I get home from work my son has already eaten. I check his homework and I make sure he takes a bath, then I give him a hug and a kiss goodnight (which is something new). Every other weekend we go to the movies or watch a movie at home as a family. We make sure the kids participate in extracurricular activities. As we continue to shape our traditions some things will carry over from the past like spending quality time together. I would like to enforce parent date nights and family dinners. The differences would be religion; I will not force religion on my family, equal household duties, and