Family can be any group of people that love
and care about each other despite race, age, or gender. The typical family
would be two parents (a male and female married couple) with kids and any other
immediate blood related relative. Although this is the “norm”, I think that a
family can consist of any person blood related or not. Families can be
extended, dysfunctional, diverse, and still be as valuable as any other
families. Family members typically care for each other and have the mentality
of “I will be here for you no matter what”. Families have bonds that
differentiate from just friendship type relationships or even romantic
relationships. Quite honestly, every type of family fits into my definition
including; gay couples who have adopted children, single mothers or fathers,
men or women remarried, children free families, family members
(aunts/uncles/friends) who have been chosen to look after children, and heterosexual
couples with children etc. I have a very open and accepting view about
relationships especially families because I come from an interracial, divorced,
and remarried household. For this reason I am a big advocate that being
different than the norm is okay.
Awesome post this week Britt! I completely agree with your opinion on what defines a marriage. I’m also very open-minded and think that if a couple is happy (despite gender, race, age, etc.) and they trust one another, they are entitled to consider themselves family. My neighbors are a gay couple with an adopted son and daughter, and they are the most loving, caring family I have ever met. In comparison to my friend’s family who has heterosexual parents that got married after a year of dating, I can definitely see that the definition of family has drastically changed over time
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