Worldview In My Family

Worldview is defined in our textbook as “a psychological perception of the environment that determines how we think, behave, and feel” (Mio, 2012). Our worldview within our family consists of family roles, emotional expression, interdependence, power, communication styles, subsystems, rules, myths, and rituals. Each person has his or her own experiences in their lives that shape their worldview, and their family plays a large part in this. I have always considered my family to be what is considered normal compared to other families. I’ve learned, however, that normal varies from person to person and worldview to worldview. Normal aspects of my life could be considered outrageously strange to someone sitting right next to me in my Multicultural Psychology class.
The roles in my family have altered greatly over the years. For the first thirteen years of my life I lived with no siblings. During this time, the roles were pretty typical. I had a mother and a father who I lived with, and I played the role of the only child. When my younger brother, Logan, was born, the roles shifted slightly. Now, instead of being the only child, I was a big sister. My parents’ roles remained the same, but I took on a new role and the role of a younger brother was introduced into our family. …show more content…
We are each gone all day to either work or school, so once we’re all home we eat supper together and spend a couple of hours just relaxing and watching television or something. Family dinner has never been the kind of thing where children eat in their room and ignore the parents. My mom and dad have always insisted that we all eat together with the television off. After dinner, my mom and I clear the table and then we just spend time together. This is a ritual that I am grateful for. I enjoy that time with my family because we honestly don’t get too much of it these days with as busy as life