CHAPTER FOUR, Part a: The Ownership Cycle – Family Member Role We are all members of a family. We are children to someone, we may have siblings, we may be parents, we may have extended family: uncles and aunts and cousins. Family members share a bond of intimacy and the option of frequent contact, closer than that between strangers and friends. This makes Ownership of the Universal Roles even more crucial for family harmony. Our interactions, choices and consequences affect these people most. We give our Family Members opinions and advice, and if we don’t do due diligence in the facts, we can do tremendous harm to our loved ones. Family members sometimes feel they deserve the Loyalty of their other family members, including unlimited support for whatever decision they make. However, the Ownership Cycle points out that Loyalty must be Earned. Earned through demonstrating Ownership of the 5 Key Aspects. How many of us would support foolish, ignorant or dangerous decisions that jeopardise the entire family’s happiness or financial security? …show more content…
Many people justify it to themselves on the grounds that “they are family, and they know better.” This is, however, a mistake. To Take Away Ownership from a family member flips them into the No-Ownership Cycle: the clearest example of this is when a child or another family member becomes totally dependent on you, because you have kept Taking Away their Ownership in that choice. Where are the boundaries? The answer lies in going back to ask yourself the first, fundamental question: What Do You
...he way love is performed and the price a family member might have to pay for the sake of the integrity of one’s family, at the end of the day, family will always be the people who loves us the most.
After the death of her husband, Mother struggles to keep her family together by providing the support and guidance they need, and encouraging them to use good judgment and think of the family as a whole before making their decisions. As the family faces various obstacles, each seemingly more severe t...
Family as defined by Webster’s College Dictionary can be one of many different people. Family can be your parents, spouse, children, brother, sister, grandmother, uncle, any blood relative, or even people who are not blood related that share that common bond (Webster 475). My definition of family is similar to Webster’s, but I feel that there is more to it than just being a blood relative or close friend. A person’s actions, beliefs, and morals play a major role in deciding who makes it into that “family” group. Family becomes more of an idea or feeling, like love or hate, than just who a person is or where they fall in your family tree. There have been people that I have considered closer than family just by their actions, even though they were nowhere near related to me. Fortunately, I have not had any blood relation family members make me wish they were not in my “family” (maybe my older sister when we were younger, but that doesn’t count). While reading from Children and Families in our text, I came across many readings that I feel were inspired in many different ways by what the author believed was “family.” There were two readings that jumped out at me and reminded me of my view of how a family should be in their interactions with each other. They were the short story “Flight” by Doris Lessing and the poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes. There was also one writing that I read that went against my idea of family and made me happy that this wasn’t the way that my family acted as I grew up, that was “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid. And while some authors lean their writing one direction or another, Adrienn...
When everyone is influenced by different people, they will all have different mindsets and personalities, which results in individualism. Mustapha Mond proclaimed, ”The greatest care is taken to prevent you from loving any one too much,” (pg. 161). The strong emotional tie associated with family disrupts the productivity of an individual which threatens the stability of society. Family issues such as divorce or death of a loved one negatively impacts the quality of work one produces because instead of focusing on the assignment, the person is focusing on their family. On the other hand, modern society views “the family was the most important unit of society…It played an essential role in fulfilling the emotional and physical needs of individuals, which was necessary for the achievement of economic and social development,” (www.un.org). Modern society believes that families are essential to support one another in a difficult situation. When
In general knowledge, a family is a group consisting of blood relatives, living together as a unit. However, family has a much deeper meaning to me. Growing up in such a small Haitian community, I was always very close to all of my relatives, whether it was my siblings, cousins or aunts and uncles. I couldn’t imagine a world without them: they are the people who made me who I am today.
The four main dimensions of relational reality are facts, individual psychology, transactional systems, and relational ethics. Facts are the basic aspects of family history such as race, class, gender, etc. which also includes any past trauma or hardship that families have faced (Wilburn-McCoy, 1993). Individual psychology is the subjective aspect of each family member including their motivations, need for love, power, or belongingness, loyalties, abilities, and factors of their existence independent of the family (Dutta, 2014). The third aspect of transactional systems uses a family systems perspective to assess the family’s transactional patterns, rules, roles, and maintenance of homeostasis (Dutta, 2014). Relational ethics is the most important and complex dimension, involving fairness, loyalty, and trust, as well as the components of trust which are giving credit as it is due, responsible responding, and fair distribution of relational burdens and benefits (Fowers et al., 1997; Wilburn-McCoy, 1993).
The modern family is a very complex organism. It has become evident that not everyone considers family to be the same thing. As illustrated, there are at least seven different variations of families, and only five of them are recognized as such. Not surprisingly, 99% of people consider a married couple with children as an ideal family (Penn). Some focus solely on their nuclear family, some readily claim their extended family, and some even claim others who are like them, but not necessarily biologically related. Many people gravitate towards the idea of a self-based and centered family, fueled by an independent streak. Others have learned that strangers can be more accepting of them than those who are supposed to be kin to them. However, this is not to say that even others still do not reach out to members of their extended family for support in daily living. In short, the modern family is an ever-changing device. Society is much better off having these sorts of various views of family. It is comforting to know that one will always have someone to turn to in times of need, but it is also nice to know that one can be independent of others and have the determination to stand
Families come in all shapes and sizes. The dynamics range from an open, perfect, dream family, all the way to broken homes. The way people are treated, or are treated by their family affects the way they act throughout their lives. They grow up knowing only the ways that their families taught us, even if those things were wrong. They do not know any better, so of course they have to listen to them.
Typically when we think of families, the traditional nuclear and extended family who are biologically related may come to mind. However, a family can be made up of anyone a person considers to be their family. A family shares emotional bonds, common values, goals and responsibilities. Family members contribute significantly to the wellbeing of each other. Confident children tend to come from strong, united families. Good communication within a family encourages feelings of self-worth and helps children maintain good relationships with others. A closeness with extended family members like aunts, uncles, cousins, and family or childhood friends helps give the child a sense of security and a source of love and acceptance. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Family has a major impact on our lives. From the moment you were born, your family has taught you right from wrong. We get our religion, values, gender roles, language, and habits from our families. We get our status in society through your family’s connection and wealth, which later can determine one’s job opportunities in life. Although we grow up and start to develop our own values and beliefs and opinions, the family values, beliefs and opinions that were instilled in you since you were little never really go away.
A family might include anyone related by blood or by adoption such as: step parents, grandparents acting as parents, and even brothers and sisters sharing the same household. However, worldwide “the family is regarded as the most ba...
When the word “family” is discussed most people think of mothers, fathers, and other siblings. Some people think of grandparents, aunts, uncles, and even cousins and more on the pedigree tree. Without family in people 's lives they would not be the same people that they grew up to be today and in the future. When people hear the word family they think about, the ones who will help them in any way they can whether it 's money, support, advice, or anything to help them succeed in life. Family will forever be the backbone of support. They are the ones who support their children during those life decisions. Family is not always blood related. Finally family is forever, family will never go away.
“A family can be defined as a set of people related by blood, marriage or in some other agreed upon relationship, or adoption, who share primary responsibility for reproduction and caring for member of society". (Schaefer, 2009, p. 288) This leads to a wide open range of interpretation on the exact definition of how a family is truly made up. Depending on your culture, religion, or geographical location a family may represent and be comprised of many different ideals and social norms. There are many theoretical perspectives that have their own interpretations on the subject of what a family is and how it is perceived. I will attempt to expound on three of these perspectives; Functionalism, Conflict, and Interactionalism.
What is a family? A family is two or more people consider themselves to be blood related, or related by marriage, or adoption. Our families are who we love. We as families look different in so many ways. A family’s caregiving unit might have a couple, a mother, a father, and children. A family could also be a single parent and child, a group of siblings, a small or large group of friends. A family defines itself in many different ways. Families are the foundation of how our society and how it works. It is how we come into the world and nurtured and given the tools that we need to go out into our world. We are both capable and healthy or not our families influence our lives either in a good way or a bad way. While families
In this discussion, I will be explaining how I define family. I will also include my immediate and extended family. I will also describe what family means to me, how mine differs from other families in my neighborhood, and also how they are similar. I will also describe my family’s ethnicity and how it may affect any of my family’s health. To me, a family is a group of people that are brought together by blood, adoption, or marriage.