Family Impact

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She is in a contest to grow the healthiest prettiest flower possible and she has entered the contest every year for the past 5 years and she always falls short of first. This year she swears she is going to win first. She imagines a seed, then she imagines planting that seed. She envisions herself taking care of this seed every day until it is a beautiful flower. She starts by planting the seed in extraordinary rich soil in an old pot her mother gave her. She then plants the pot in a spot with a lot of sunlight. She waters the seed as often as it needs it. Once the seed starts to sprout she trims the blossoming flower and she protects the newly sprouted flower from pests. In this story she is resembling what a family does. Family takes care of you, it protects you, and it makes sure you’re presentable. Most of all family wants you to win first, it wants you to be number one, and it wants you to be the best you can be. Family contributes to an individual’s identity by pushing that person to pursue her own identity, create goals for herself, and strive to achieve them. The role of a family is to be there to guide you and provide for you until you’re old enough and wise enough to venture out on your own. The ideal family to think about when it comes to roles is a nuclear family with a mom and a dad, because the roles in these situations are easier defined. Your dad will teach you how to fish and how to lie to mom when you get back about how big the fish that you caught actually were. Your dad will teach you how to drive a car and teach you about getting pissed off at other drivers when they don’t go fast enough or forget to use a turn signal. Your dad will teach you how to stand up for yourself by training you to throw a few punches... ... middle of paper ... ...re. Imagine yourself as the girl in the beginning of the essay you’re going to want that flower to grow to be better than the last. You’re going to treat that flower better than the last one. It is the same in families as a parent to someone you’re going to want them to end up better than you did in life, not just because that’s the right thing to do, but because they are your legacy and everyone will judge you on the way decide to influence them. You’re going to want to treat them way better than you were ever treated because you don’t want them to relive the same things that you did. As a good parent, you put your experiences, your morals, your ticks, and your values on a plate and hand it to them and let them choose whether they swallow them or not. Families are there to lead you on the best path possible, but they only hold your hand so long before they let go.

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