Family Roles In Mexican American Family

“Every culture has a unique set of values, traditions, and norms. The general culture of Mexican American families have a strong foundation of unity”(Garcia). Mexican Americans value and it gives a sense of strength. Overall, Mexican American families have role that are always changing, values that are always true, the number of members in each household and all the unique celebrations. All bring out the cultural identity and individuality of Mexican culture. Furthermore, the roles in Mexican American culture are always changing, but it has one common structure. The traditional role of a mother is to clean, cook and care for the children, she is the “Heart of the Family”(Garcia). The spanish word to embody the job of the

One of the value is unity or specifically “unity is strength” (Mexican Family Culture: Family…). This is done by having strong ties with family and helping out family member when needed (Mexico). Another, is loyalty above all and honor. Having honor means to follow etiquette rules and the hierarchical structure. The Hierarchical structure goes friend, family and business (Mexico). There are all different way you greet or interact with each. There are also ways to greet people based on gender. A male will greet someone by shaking someone hand and if they are greeting friends or family, he greets them with a hug or a pat on the back (A Look at Mexican Language…). A woman would pat the person she is greeting on the shoulder or arm. If they are greeting a friend or family then she would pat them on the back (A Look at Mexican Language…). Another part of etiquette is table manners. These are important not to be disrespectful and to not bring dishonor. When at the table hands must always be showing, the men always give toasts and it is seen as polite to leave some food on the plate that was being used (A Look at Mexican Language…). To go more with etiquette, there is gift-giving etiquette. Moreover, when giving flower make sure it is not marigolds or red flower, they are seen as death and disrespectful. On the other hand giving white flower are a great gift and is seen as an

Family is is one of the most important aspects of Mexican American culture. This is like most cultures, but above all a Mexican American family has strong ties and support each member no matter what. Also, old Mexican traditions are celebrated in new ways. The celebrations are different from culture to culture, but each one has new ways to celebrate old traditions (Garcia). One unique thing about Mexican family culture is that there is more multigenerational families in Mexican culture than any other culture. Another one is that crossing the fork and knife across the plate means that someone is done eating. In short Mexican American culture is unique yet it has similarities to other