The Family in a Modern World

We all have some form of a family or a relationship in our life. Whether it be your parents, siblings, significant other, or friends, we are constantly reading and interpreting messages from these people around you. Some are non-verbal while other clues are said right to our face. How we chose to interpret the people around us and they connections they form will affect your own relationship with them in the future. There are four different theories that I will be briefly explaining and how we can better use them to our advantage in our own lives. One of the most well-known theories is the Systems Theory. The key word to remember with this one is subsystem. Our families can and are divided into subsystems. For example, one subsystem in your family may include the mother and father while another group may include a child and the mother. If we look at all of these subsystems as a whole, we can see very distinct boundaries and rules that have been established even thoug...

There have been bountiful amounts of research done regarding the definition of family. Questions such as “Does having same gender parents affect the outcome of a child?” or “Does having the mother work out of the home affect a child’s development?” And while these are among the many important questions that should be looked at, none of them are being researched in the correct way. They are lacking in a variety of very important categories when testing these questions. These would include, but certainly not limited to, sample size, a controlled group to compare data to, and types of samples. The statistics often can be so misleading that it causes the public to believe one thing when in fact, something entirely different is the case.   For instance, people tend to believe that half of all marriages end in divorce. This of course is completely false and was never the case. It is just another myth that that has been floating around for ages. But some of the most in...

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