Wednesday, January 28, 2009
ktho blog 1
Out of all the class lectures/discussions, I found the one we did Tuesday over strong families to be the most interesting and to some extent controversial. I have always thought that my immediate family was strong, and I still do. We have open communication, commitment, we spend time together, ect. But I also think that a family doesn't need all these to be a strong family either. Every family functions in their own way, every family adapts in their own way. I agree with the first person that added their blog, you can be a strong family without spiritual wellbeing. Also I think that you can be a strong family with just communication, wether that is open, positive, and sometimes negative. It is all about how you express yourself. I know that sometimes when I am stressed or mad I will call home and pretty much just complain and even yell at whoever will listen. The difference is that they know I function like this, and they dont ever take it personal. Secondly, I would have like to ask Stinnett or Defrain or whoever wrote this, "How much time do you need to spend together to be a strong family?" I personally think it just depends, like my family is always on the go, we maybe spend 3-4 nights a week eating together, and we dont have like family game nights every saturday. My dad and I would occassionally watch a sci-fi together late at night, but other than that we all had our own schedules. So I guess a lot of what I am saying is, don't the people in the family really decide if they are a strong family or not? Can it really be measured?
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I would agree that for a family to consider themselves strong it is not nessisary to have all the components we discussed in class. however, i do believe they all help. I would also consider my family very strong and that we have parts of all the componets not to say we are perfect and always function strong. I believe that if a family has parts of all the componets they will have an easier time being a strong family. All families lack here and there. I do spend time with my family but we always have different scheduals and my dad travels for work, but the time we do spend together makes us stronger then we would be without time. Its not possible to meet all of those componets fully, but i can see how having aspects of them in your life would help build a better bond with loved ones resulting in a stronger family.
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