Nineteen years on Earth is an infinitely small amount of time on the scale on the universe. In that time, I have grown from an infant into what most people would consider an adult. Over the years, multiple different sources have shaped the way I think, act, and which beliefs I hold. From my family, to the media and schools, the environmental impact on my life as been enormous, whether or not I chose to believe so. Through sociological thinking, I will analyze how my family life has influenced my beliefs and behaviors. Family life has played an integral part in the development of my brain, leading me to become the person I am today. Before getting into the nitty gritty details, some explanations are in order. Sociological Imagination, as C. …show more content…
Through sociological thinking, troubles, problems faced by an individual, and issues, problems that transcend individuals to society at large, can be attributed to a historical and societal cause. Each societal circumstance or institution that has impacted my life, has its own influence from societal beliefs of that time period. The modern family is one example of such institutions that can be attributed to a greater societal norm or belief. Family is considered by many, to be the most important aspect of their life. My mother swears by her family, while my father has excommunicated his side. Everyone has their own story, however, each story has a root in some other societal belief. My family, consisting of two children, a mother, and a father, is not a typical family. The common christian suburban beliefs dominating the area in which we lived had little impact on my parents belief system. Growing up, my parents were raised in two entirely different households. My mother’s side was what most would consider hippies. Her parents were very liberal, both had jobs and sat comfortably at the middle class. My father’s side was abhorrently catholic and incredibly conservative, …show more content…
In all aspects of life, I try to be different than the average person. This belief has led me down the path of drug abuse and mental illness, both of which I deal with to this day. Through trying to break out of the societal norm bubble, my parents took an open approach to parenting. The common religious beliefs of that time, like anti gay rhetoric, were the reason my parents wanted to escape the grips of conformity. Their beliefs then impacted their parenting method to allow their children to learn what they want and speak openly and honestly with each other. Societal beliefs of the time angered my parents, so they went against the rules when raising their kids. As a result, I hold similar values towards today 's beliefs, which impacts my decision making in all aspects of my life. Growing up in a nonconforming household has given me the opportunity to see society from an outside view. While it may separate me from most people, it allows me to view life from a different perspective. Instead of doing what everyone else does, I look for things that bring me happiness, and will do whatever it takes, against societal norms or not, to achieve that happiness. Whether or not people accept my ideas is unimportant to me, I think independently with no outside influence determining my decisions, and if it offends a few
My mother, comparatively, did much better than my father in school. One of the reason’s she was a better student was because she had a lot of support from her friends. The friends that she hung out with were also family friends because my mother’s and their families enjoyed spending time together and were socially similarly structured. Her and her family lived in the same city since my mother was born, so she grew up with the same friends and attended the same school for years.
When my parents split around fourth grade, I changed. I began to rapidly gain weight and could not lose it because of my family’s history. I also became very anti-social and stayed in my room with a vow of silence that I put on myself. One last thing that I believe shaped me not growing up understanding the going to Grandma’s for dinner stereotype. Two of my four grandparents, both of my grandpas, passed away before I was born.
One of the theories that can explain this is Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory. This theory states that development reflects the influence of several environmental systems. There are five environmental systems that are identified within the theory. The microsystem is the setting of an individual, the mesosystem involves relationships and connections between the microsystem and contexts, the exosystem includes links between the social setting in which the individual does not have an active role and the immediate context, the macrosystem involves culture, and the chronosystem consists of patterns and transitions during the life course (Santrock
But if you’re life experience was of a stable home with more traditional family structure, it is understandable that a person would attempt to emulate it and resist changes. If it worked in the past, why break it? If all of your friends had mothers that took the last name of their husband, breaking from that mold could cast you in an unfavorable light. By emersion, a person becomes the embodiment of what is around them and stereotypes are reinforced. Growing up in a small community, attending a small school, I didn’t experience alternative life styles.
I was brought up in a very humble, family-oriented home. My parents never
Now that I'm older I oppose being close minded to anything. For instance my dad and I were having a conversation about gay people and he believes that if you're friends with gay people you might become gay too and I disagreed with him. I have gay friends that I talk to and I am still straight, I don't want to ever pass this mentality to my children, because it's absurd, making other people feel rejected isn't right. As a young person I tendto spend money recklessly, because I know that my father will always give me more money.
This has pushed me to believing more of the ideas of the Republican party which makes sense since the Republican party tends to be white Business owning americans. Also my uncle is a business owner who i 've always loved to spend time which leads me to looking up to him, pushing me even farther to agreeing with the Republican party. These were how my family influenced my political socializations Another factor of my political socialization is the media. The
Although because of who I was and how I was raised, I developed myself on a basis of my family. Over the past 12 years my parents took my brother and I to Cambodian monastery temples. I recall going to ones in Silver Spring, MD, Chicago, IL, Atlanta, GA, Nashville, TN, and here in Lexington, and Louisville, KY. Experiencing different communities helped shaped my understanding of what diversity really means. My parents did not take me to these temples to put the knowledge
The upbringing of a child contains many factors, many of which correlate to where a child grows up. The people, culture, and experiences of someone’s childhood are the greatest determining factor for what kind of person they will become. So how does the nature and nurture of one’s upbringing impact the decisions that they make, and their life in general? Author Wes Moore explores this question in his memoir, The Other Wes Moore, as it relates to two lives in particular. Moore main purpose in this book is to explore the overarching impact that a collection of expectations and decisions, not always one’s own, can have on someone’s life.
It was not until high school that I began to question if that is something I would truly like, or if it was simply all I had ever known and all I had ever been praised for. For in reality, while there is no right way to live life, I have observed and experienced that conformity keeps a family content. By example, within my family, the majority have done well academically, and the bar has been set fairly high for educational expectations. My little brother, on the other hand, has adhd and my parents believe this is one reason he struggles in school.
I would always listen to my parents and did what they said. I had to follow in my big brothers’ steps. This is part of African culture - my culture. That is the reason why I disliked taking risks most of my life, and preferred quiet activities. Now I realize that I have to make my own decisions; I have to consider things carefully, step-by-step so as not to mislead myself in making decisions.
This essay discusses how the family is viewed by two different sociological perspectives- functionalism and conflict theory. Firstly, ‘family’ is defined. Secondly, the main ideas of functionalism will be discussed followed by how this theory perceives the family. The main ideas of Conflict Theory will then be examined and how conflict theorists perceive the family.
My Childhood was pretty different than how I live today. I’m a part of a middle class family with two little sisters. Since I am still in high school, I haven’t experienced that much to say that my social class has changed a lot; However, I have watched my father grow in the company he works for. He has worked his way through many barriers created by “elite” people that doubted his intelligence. He had opened a door to many different opportunities such as working for Google and Apple.
Introduction In this case study, it analyse how the concept of family has changed in the past 20 years as it will be depicting modern family forms and past norms. It is important to look at how families have developed throughout the years up until the 21st century as we compare the two and elaborate on the difference and what makes it so significant. In this case study, it contrast and compare the television series Modern family which is a 21st century concept of family and The Simpsons which was adapted 27 years ago and how things have changed with family dynamics and what is the norm now which was not the norm years ago.
Sociological Imagination The sociological imagination is the ability to look beyond one’s own everyday life as a cause for daily successes and failures and see the entire society in which one lives as potential cause for these things. Many individuals experience one or more social problems personally. For example, many people are poor and unemployed, many are in poor health, and many have family problems. When we hear about these individuals, it is easy to think that their problems are theirs alone, and that they and other individuals with the same problems are entirely to blame for their difficulties. Sociology imagination takes a different approach, as it stresses that individual problems are often rooted in problems stemming from aspects