American Lives

Family is defined as the group of people united by kinship and is the primary constituent of society. The family is assigned to reproduce a society p arnts from their point of view ar expected to rear their children socializing them, educating them, religious, economic and political positions. Biologically, parents play an strategic portion in enculturation and the same thing overly goes for America. The Ameri fag concept of an ideal family, wish well many most country includes the family as the basis and pioneer for the ontogenesis of the cultural aspect and perspective of an individual.It can also be express that their views regarding families have shifted from giving emphasis on rural agrarian conduct to emphasis on urban and industrialise way. Looking at a historical point of view, it can be said that this change or shifting in the family image and pattern and the family structure itself had occurred during the time of American Revolution where the family is considere d to be a till up to(p) unit and work space are included within a family house. Work and home had only been separated during the middle of the nineteenth century.By this time, the family had been viewed as a form of defense of an individual against the material world. The family is then said to protect its members peculiarly the young ones against the disturbance brought by the material world. to a fault during this time, family values in concert with those causes and effects of the problems and crises that the family faced are being studied. The role and value of money and as come up employment had also been a great influence in the features of family lives.Cultural and ethnic diversities in the family life together with the familys classification whether upper, middle or lower classes are also being looked at. The relationships and effects of the family and its relation and relevance to todays students are also examined. This is because the family is considered in the United St ates as an institution that is deeply grow for its effects on an individual plays a very significant role in the formation of his or her personal identity, beliefs and personality.Every individual members of the family seeks to find and forgather his or her personal needs inside the family that he or she belongs. Although the family is regard and considered as a group and should remain as a group, the individualisation of each member is not completely submerged in the family. An individuals personality and characteristics are developed through their interplay among the members of the family.When an individual reaches the seventh grade, he or she experiences several changes that can be considered as a part of his or her growth that includes almost every aspect of his or her life such as his or her psychological, physical and as salubrious as mental growth. By this time, the family answers several alpha questions of an individual especially when it comes to their personality and belongingness, although the family may not answer these questions directly. Students are able to check better their personality, who they are as viewed by the community by looking for at their own families.The role and position of the adolescents in the family also plays an important part in for all the members of the family. How the parents with their children are also an important performer for the students to be able to understand that conflicts within the family is a usual and radiation pattern situation. Conflicts can be considered as a natural part and pillowcase that happens within family members. Through the used of several activities, students will be able to have a clear view about themselves and as well as their families.Through various activities, students are able to understand and see and know the distinction and are able to decide for themselves what are facts and myths regarding American families. By this time, the students are also able to formulate a kind of life that they want to live and as well as the kind of family that they would like to have in their future. Family truly plays an important role in the development of an individual and their personality. Works Cited Richardson, L. Images of the American Family. 2007. 04 December 2007