My family has been such a huge
influence on my life, without their love and support I would not be where I am
today. I was lucky enough to grow up in
a loving and stable household, with two parents and a sibling. These three
people are the most important people in my life. When a baby is born into this
world the first interaction that they are introduced to are the ones with their
family. It is crucial to socialize young children and teach them the socially
accepted norms of society. If a child fails to be socialized they will not
fully understand what is expected of them.
The
textbook describes family as a social institution found in all societies that
unite people in cooperative groups to care for one another, including any
children. And kinship is a social bond based on common ancestry, marriage, or
adoption. My family formed out of marriage of my mother and father, like many
other families. Families in today’s society tend to be a lot more diverse than
in previous decades, Like discussed in class, the Television show Modern Family
is based on today's diversity of families. In the show one family includes; a
mother, father, and three children, the second family has two husbands and a n
adopted child and the final family has a younger wife an older husband and a
child. This show is a great example showing the extreme diversity now found
today.
Families
come in all different forms, when thinking of the world family some may just
think about the ones who they are related to. However, a family is a social
institution, meaning families can be formed from friends, sporting teams, or
other organizations. My family is friends with another family and technically
we are not blood related but I still consider them to be family. We get
together for holidays and go on vacations, I believe it is important to have a
family outside of your kinship.Families can also be formed out of sports teams, or just
people whom you are really close to. For myself my high school soccer team last
year was a part of my family. I was a captain on the team and played a huge
role in getting everyone on the same page and to get everyone to bond; because
of out very close relationships together we were able to go very far in that
season and ended up ranking second in our league.
Families come in all shapes and sizes, there is not a
certain way the family must look in order to be considered a family. Society is
always changing and today the ideas for family are a lot different than they
once were in earlier centuries. In the early 1950s families were supposed to
be: dad, mom, and the children, dad worked, mom stayed home, cooked, cleaned
and took care of the children. In today’s society both men and women are
socially accepted to work and children go off to school at an early age. The
every changing society norms is shaping the way we see families.
Additional Links:
http://www.appliedsoc.org/family/
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