Cultural Diversity

Every family has its own culture.  Each make their own rules, traditions, and values which distinguish them from other families.  Even those living within the same area tend to be significantly different from each other.  Ethnic, economic, academic, religious, and structural differences all combine to produce many kinds of families.

Cultural differences can give rich diversity to communities and stimulate growth and charity.  For example, a community which is made up of several different cultural groups may expose individuals to languages, foods, and new ways of thinking.  However, cultural diversity can also cause challenges for some families.

While discussing these challenges in class I realized that many of them initially originated outside of the home.  For example, when parents or children feel discriminated against by the community.  But then the most important part of it was how individuals responded to those problems inside of the home.  For example, when a parent acts negatively to their child's friends because of cultural differences.

What I noticed was that when the family fell apart it wasn't because they faced cultural challenges, but it was because of how they faced cultural challenges.

A Modern Family Problem

     Hello!  And welcome to my blog on the family [the most important unit of society].  As human beings we have an innate desire to form attachments, to find love, and to feel a sense of belonging.  And although marriage is significantly related to happiness, and satisfaction, the number of individuals getting married is decreasing.  Perhaps marriage trends are indicators of change in how individuals see and pursue happiness.  For example, our culture is very individualistic.  The 'we' vs. 'me' attitude strongly pervades some relationships. 

     I've noticed recently that the family has become a joke in our modern society. Evidence of this trend can be found on television -- in shows such as "Modern Family", "Glee", and even children's television ("Sweet Life of Zack and Cody", etc.).  Rude, immoral, and vengeful conduct is celebrated.  Meanwhile, trends in society show the effects of a morally degraded populace with pre-marital sex, cohabitation, and births out of wedlock on the rise.

     The most interesting thing to me about these trends is that they seem to stem from a single source.  We have lost our love for each other in favor of tolerance to each other. 

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