As I asked each interviewee in age groups 14-18 and 25-35, their answers produced similar responses but as I reached the middle-aged and elderly adults, they went into more detail. When I asked Johnny Vargas, a Spanish teacher at Green Hope High School, he answered his “Kids, Wife… What his parents did to raise healthy successful kids” Again this produced a family-based response. In the elderly group (70+), I interviewed Roger W. Peterson Sr., a retired banker, and his response was “ Raising three highly successful and healthy sons that have raised well behaved grandchildren.” When I asked each group why they are most proud of their family (Except Will C., Age 8) all of them responded with answers intertwining in the sorts of “ Family was important when we were kids, and we were taught that Family is an invaluable aspect of life”. Many of the interviewees said that they “Can’t remember when family values weren’t important” (Roger W. Peterson …show more content…
Inferiority. In this stage he must learn to cope with academic and social demands. On the other hand, Skye Cowie [Age 16] would be in the ‘Adolescence’ Stage in which the biggest conflict is “Identity vs. role confusion”. Here, she must discover a sense of self and personal identity while trying to be successful. Yet Matt Alexander [Age 26] would be in the next stage, “Intimacy vs. Isolation”, in which he forms close relationships with other people while working to be successful. Mr. Vargas [Age 47] and Mr. Peterson Sr., would be in the “Generativity vs. Stagnation’ stage and “Ego Integrity vs. Despair” stage …show more content…
When we’re young, many of us play sports and other team or social building activities. The result of this is the growth of our psychosocial development. Will answered with “Lego Land”, Skye answered wining her first Freestyle Soccer completion, while Matt said his best accomplishment was being able to represent North Carolina at the national State Wars Roller Hockey Championships, in which he help lead Team NC to 3 titles in five years. These accomplishments greatly differ from the answers of Mr. Johnny Vargas and Mr. Roger Peterson Sr.. There answers both consisted of attending college and raising successful families, although Mr. Vargas is still in the process of raising
Search Again family is a “close-knit group and the most important social group to gather in any events or special days” (Mendez). It is at the centre of the social structure. The Mexican “family unit” includes not only parents and children, but also extended families and grandparents. As it provides a sense of stability in relationships. Children are taught at a young age that one must give the most “respeto” (respect) and honor to family members such as parents, aunts, uncles, and especially grandparents (elders).
Final Paper The person I chose to interview for this final paper was my mother, Peggy. I am going to start with providing a brief social history on her. Peggy was born on October 29, 1940 to my grandparents, Marie and John. She is the second of six children, and was raised in Philadelphia.
In the late 19th and early 20th century, family was the foundation and core of society in America (Hussung). During this period of time, the wife was in charge of raising the children and cleaning the house, while the husband worked and provided protection for the family. A strong family unit was something highly regarded and looked upon in society.
All three authors make clear that maturity drives one’s ability to cope with life’s challenges. While the speaker in
I. Introduction Parenthood, a drama television series, attends to the adversity of an extended and imperfect family. The Bravermans are a blended California family who face a series of both fortunate and unfortunate events but together find a way to get by (Katims, 2010). Television consumers have been introduced to many fictional families overtime and continue to fall in love with family related television shows. Historically, the media has transformed and continues to adapt to the changes in present day family types. “Writers often take seeds from real life experiences and plant then in their scripts,” consumers both consciously or subconsciously attend to cues on television and want to apply what they see to their lives.
The love of a family is life’s greatest blessing. In life, there is a universal desire for oneness among people—we want to belong. It is why we collaborate, support common causes, cheer for sports teams, feel nationalism; it’s why we build villages, towns, and cities. Families are where we connect ourselves in relationships to past, current, and future generations. For many, family is not only a blessing, but our greatest accomplishment.
Family structure talks about family arrangement and composition which includes the roles and interactions (Edelman, 2014). According to Minuchin (2012), the family structural theory emphasis on the important of the family structure and its changes that occurs and how the individuals in the family relate collectively over time to put up and accept each other. Minuchin says further that a well-functioning family will choose how to solve and handle the family experience with a positive outcome. The goal of a structural family is to express the strengths in each other in critical moments, and helping each other through it. Developmental theory is the methods used as the viewpoint of family tasking and development through phases of life (Edelman, 2014).
If it wasn’t for the strong value of family, I wouldn’t have been the person I am today. They supported me through all the clubs I have joined, and the decisions I make. Overall, the value of family because of my race has kept me persistent to reach my goals and aspirations for the future by supporting me and providing stepping stones so I can have an easier
“The Changing American Family” by Natalie Angier states, “Fictive families are springing up among young people, old people, disabled people, homeless people, and may well define one of the ultimate evolutions of the family concept, maximizing, as they do, the opportunities for fulfillment of specific social and economic needs outside the constraints of biological relatedness.” The ever changing social dynamics and circumstances of this life have opened the definition of family to encompass individuals who can fill those deep-seated needs
Family members may or may not be biologically related, share the same household, or be legally recognized” (Raney, 2015:6). In the series Modern family, it shows the dynamics of a 21st century family and how traditions and culture has evolved over the years. As opposed to “nuclear family” “No longer does the traditional family consist of two parents and two children; instead, more diverse and shifting family structures are becoming the norm.
I feel that this class has changed my whole perception of what family work is, the importance of not getting caught up in the content and focussing on the process of identifying strengths that the family has which can be used to perpetuate ongoing homeostasis. This course also highlighted for me how much more I still need to learn about supporting the family system. I have been working with families for about 10 years, mostly with supporting positive parenting and also with families who have children and youth experiencing mental health concerns. I feel that my process orientated interactions have been effective for my gathering of information but not necessarily helpful for the long-term healthy coping of the family. By watching you, listening to your teachings and participating and observing role plays I feel that these experiences have led to not only practical knowledge but a new perspective of the importance of stepping back and trying to walk in the client’s shoes.
I believe that every family has their own roots, essence, uniqueness, beliefs and thoughts, some families have both parents, some just the mother, just the father, two mothers or two fathers, they might have an only child or two, or maybe 5 or even 10, therefore, those children start learning all these things from their family and surroundings, they ask questions, they imitate each other’s actions and are constantly learning and trying to catch as much information and experiences as possible. Children are growing fast, their parents are their role models, they learn mostly from them; parents have the tremendous job of forming good citizens that provide to society, healthy and happy beings that keep growing as humans in every stage of their
From ancient China to modern, the idea of family is always associated with love and harmonious which is also the basis of our nation and our country, therefore, I would like to include this
The family is the basic unit of the society. They are peoples’ pillar of strength, inspiration, encouragement and love. From the very beginning of one’s life, the family played a very important role in the overall development of the child – his personality, interpersonal relations, the way he saw himself, and his viewed of the world. The family then is not just a group of people who shared the same name and lived under the same roof. Rather, they are people who loved each other, interacted, and helped each other grew into better individuals.
I do not have a constricted view of family because I have been growing up in a time period where the idea of family is more important than the physical depiction of a family. As long as a family cares for, loves, and supports one another, then they are a family. The reason that I hold family to such a high esteem is because growing up in the Midwest, family is one of the most important values that a person has. In addition to family some other important values are hard work, kindness, and respect.