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This document summarizes interviews with three individuals - Jeff (male, age 20), Ipi (female, age 21), and Paul (male, age 45) - about their definitions of family. It also provides the author's own definition. Jeff defines family as those who have an actual effect and influence on you. Ipi believes family is defined by the bond and loyalty created with someone, not just biological ties. Paul feels family are those you feel close to and can rely on for support. The author concludes that while the census provides a simple definition, individuals consider unconventional groups as their true family.
This document summarizes interviews with three individuals - Jeff (male, age 20), Ipi (female, age 21), and Paul (male, age 45) - about their definitions of family. It also provides the author's own definition. Jeff defines family as those who have an actual effect and influence on you. Ipi believes family is defined by the bond and loyalty created with someone, not just biological ties. Paul feels family are those you feel close to and can rely on for support. The author concludes that while the census provides a simple definition, individuals consider unconventional groups as their true family.
This document summarizes interviews with three individuals - Jeff (male, age 20), Ipi (female, age 21), and Paul (male, age 45) - about their definitions of family. It also provides the author's own definition. Jeff defines family as those who have an actual effect and influence on you. Ipi believes family is defined by the bond and loyalty created with someone, not just biological ties. Paul feels family are those you feel close to and can rely on for support. The author concludes that while the census provides a simple definition, individuals consider unconventional groups as their true family.
Identify three people (it would be best if both sexes and a variety of ages were represented). Individually, ask each person to define "What is a family?" Your paper should include your subjects gender, marital status, and approximate age as well as their complete response to the question. In addition to those three definitions, include your own definition. Note: Most people will try to give "simple" answers. Encourage them to give complete thoughtful answers. Although the Census Bureau clearly defines family as a group of two or more persons related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together in a household (Strong and Cohen, 2014), such a simple definition has much more depth in what a person considers family and how it actually means to each and every individual. Jeff/ Male/ Single/ Age 20 Its an abstract view. I have a lot of family. Everyone on my dads side I havent seen in 6 years. I dont necessarily consider them family. Family would be people who have an actual effect on you. I have a step family, but I consider them family even though I have only known them for 4 years. They influence and relate to me. You can view family as a biological way, and have
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genetic similarities. They contribute to the way I learn and view how I should live my life. Ipi/ Female/ In a relationship/ Age 21 I feel like family is a bond that you create with someone. I have biological family that I do not consider family because they werent there for the good and hard times. There isnt a real connection. There isnt that trust that you can rely on them as you would think you would have with family. I consider Lagi my coworker family because shes there for me any time I need her. She makes sure Im taken care of and I do the same for her. There is loyalty in what I consider family. They pull through and there is that saying you here about being loyal to family. Loyalty for me is when you need the truth not just what you want to hear. They are consistent in what they say and are just there. Checking up on you and not just when they want something. Paul/ Male/ Single/ Age 45 I feel like family are the people who you make your family. Families are the people who you connect with, trust, and share your feelings with. We are all busy sometimes and cant be physically as close to people as much as we want to, but we still can feel close to someone regardless. I am a busy person and I cant be there as much as I want to, but I know that if anyone that I consider family needed me, I would do what I could to give them what
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they need. Despite the many miles and distances we physically are apart from each other, we can still feel super close to someone. Betty (myself)/ Female/ In a relationship/ Age 24 I believe that everyone has two families. There is the biological family in which you share the genetic bond with. Sometimes you can have close relationships with these people, and sometimes you dont. You dont get to choose your biological family. The second type of family we have is our spiritual family. Our spiritual families are those who we connect with on a deeper level where we feel as if we have known them our whole lives. They understand us, they love as, and treat us as family. We often hear the phrase brother from another mother, or sister from another mister and to me its true. I believe each person has a soul in which either from a past live weve had a connection, or somehow our souls are kindred spirits. We can choose who we want in our spiritual family, and decide whether or not to continue to hold onto that bond. There isnt a biological attachment, but there is still a spiritual connection nonetheless. When we think of the traditional, nuclear family, we automatically think of a family that consists of a mother, father, and children (Strong and Cohen, 2014). When we really stop and think who we actually have in our family, the people who we consider family are truly unconventional. Doing the interviews, we recognize that even though the Census Bureau must define it in a way it can calculate the population, it truly isnt asking us who we
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consider family. That is not its purpose. If you ask for understanding, family is who we believe is family.
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References
Strong, B., & Cohen, T. (2014). The Marriage and Family Experience: Intimate Relationships in a Wadsworth.