Michele Copeland
09–22-2017
Dynamics of the Family
Reflection
In starting this class I didn’t know what to expect from my peers and the
views they would have as to what a family dynamic should consists of but now I
see that no matter the age or race the views are all similar. I was scared that
people might be closed off to the “new age” family. That people wouldn’t except
people for who they love and that anyone that wants a family should be given
that with no one to say “no, I can but you can’t”.
Family dynamics have changed and I hope that it is mostly for the better. I
know that some changes haven’t been for the best and that there is role
confusion between children and parents sometimes but I also think that we have
become more open as a society to different types of families. One thing that this
class made me think more in depth about is bringing back the nuclear family and
what that would mean for us.
When I would think about a nuclear family and if you look up the definition
of nuclear family, you see that it is meant to be a father, mother, son and
daughter. That might be ideal for some but for others it can sound miserable.
These times call for a more open mind and to be able to invite the idea in that it
does not just have to be a mother-father partnership in raising children. In some
cases a father-father or mother-mother relationship could be better for the
children. Here’s why, you want the parents to love each other unconditionally
and the children to be able to feel that love and if you have a woman married to a
man that is actually in love with another woman then there is no way for them to
be truly happy. This in turn effects the whole family and can cause a disruption in
how the family unit should function.
In my mind the family unit all starts with the parents and will then trickles
