Sunday, September 22, 2013

Generations

As my first blog, I thought I would talk about families. Did you grow up watching a grandparent, parent, or older relative behave and wonder how they came to be who they are? Did you say to yourself, "please don't let me be like that when i'm older," or "I hope to be like them when I am a grown up!" My point is families are how we develop as our own beings. We learn how to behave (and not behave) from watching those we are around the most. They do not have to be blood-related, they can be friends who you consider as family. When I was growing up we had rituals of eating dinner together every night and watching the Nascar race every Sunday.

As generations have changed over the years I wonder if these rituals still exist. I guess the point of this blog is to express my drive to want to reach families to bring out their rituals and what they learned from one another. I bet a child (could be an adult) would be able to express to their parents what behaviors/communication styles/habits they saw from them, took note of, and began doing themselves. This blast into the past could bring families closer together or it could enlighten parents how much children do pay attention to them without them knowing.

To try to explain my purpose of this opinion I will provide a personal example. When growing up I was raised by my grandparents and parents. When my parents worked, I was with my grandparents. So I was fortunate to learn how two generations lived. I learned from my grandparents the value of economics, home cooked meals, and watching soap operas with Grandma or Columbo with Grandpa. With my parents, I learned how to make quick, cheap, and delicious meals in 30 minutes, wash dishes, and record music from the radio. I have learned much more from both generations but these examples explain how important it is to take your observations and awareness of what habits you picked up from your family to decide how you want to raise your children in the future (if you have any). I value the family system and believe it is taken for granted at times because it is assumed to always be there. Just food for thought.











                                                                                                               

















                                                                                                         


Pic from: http://blog.cognifit.com/post/37417754056/we-listen-with-our-hands-too-many-of-us-talk-with