My Family: Model Family

“Model Family”

Since my parents split during elementary school, I have been obligated to redefine the family. Moreover, the separation opened up doors and questions about who is or isn’t family, does blood even matter. Society and almost all of the social media lets us know what is normal and what is OK, in my childhood, there was room for more diversity and acceptance. Over time, it changed my definition of the family thousands of times to include or exclude people, thanks to my mother and father. This gives the impression that the characteristics of a family are not only one factor, it's complicated, and that you can choose your family in a way. A family isn’t always rainbows and sunshine, for me, it is nearly all of the time, but it's also

We were burdened, my siblings and I to tell them who did we want to move with. Consequently, this was confusing for me, why were we separating, are we, not a family anymore? In the text, a model family portrayed as, “Central to this cultural debate is the traditional crash nuclear family—father, mother, a couple of kids, a dog, and a spacious suburban home” (Pg. 16). For the most part my idea of a family was the same during elementary school, though it slows changed over time to add new people in my childhood life, they did not need to be blood-related being that my father or mother who receive friends and they would need a place to stay they would crash there and my siblings and I would call them aunt or uncle and they would have lived in the house. That's not to say I did not have blood relatives, in fact, I had blood relatives that did not live with us and I considered them family, thus leading to my conclusion at the time that even though we do not reside together anymore we were still a family. A family is based on different characteristics and many factors, not just one. Though divorce and separation cause families to uproot and living situations

I've managed to change my definition to justify that, even though my parents have divorced and we no longer all live together we still are a family I realized it's not the only factor that makes a family. Consciously knowing that parents do move on after they separate and that we have the choice to include girlfriends and boyfriends to the characteristics and that's what I did. I however also excluded them just a fast or quick to keep up with my definition which is they needed to care enough to contact back, which shows that you can in a way pick your family. Lastly that I included my first stepmother to my characteristics of a family and I hope to keep her to that. In the meantime, society and social norms are always changing and I’m glad, as long as someone thinks differently they might feel the need to say something on how you are being raised and mention your family but the definition is always changing and it is certainly ly up to the individual to decide who can or can’t be a part of the