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What was the attitude toward the elderly?

u1244722 — 2024-09-22 06:45:50 UTC

In my family, the older people were generally very respected. I remember always learning about the importance of respecting the elderly. Every single year, for example, for memorial day, I remember we would travel to another state to visit the grave of my great grandfather, both as a tribute to the "elder" that passed on, and as a tribute to my grandfather who traveled with us. I was always taught to love and respect those older than me, and to take seriously their advice and counsel and wisdom.

Was competition or cooperation stressed?

u1244722 — 2024-09-22 06:49:30 UTC

Members of my family are some of the most competitive people I know. I grew up in a very large family, so to some extent, I always had to compete. I would have to compete for attention, to be able to use the bathroom first, or even sometimes compete for the last bite of food on the table. My family also loved to play games and we would always play to win- not a single member of my family would play to have fun, but only to win. In other aspects of life we were also taught to compete because competing could bring out the best of both people. Competing was seen as a way to grow and progress, and it wasn't viewed as something negative.

Who made the major decisions in your family?

u1244722 — 2024-09-22 06:52:19 UTC

I grew up always seeing my parents as equal partners. They were indeed equal, although their roles were vastly different. Like most traditional families, my father was the sole provider and my mother was the full time nurturer of the family (hard to work when having 7 kids was a full time job in and of itself). But both of my parents always made the decisions together. Whether it was to move our family, for my dad to take a certain job, how to raise the kids etc. they were always united and made the decisions together, never one who was the sole decision maker and the other one just had to accept it. They were loving and always counseled with each other on all decisions, big or small.

Would my family be considered formal or informal?

u1244722 — 2024-09-22 07:00:34 UTC

I would say my family is a combination of the two. I feel like we have moments of informality and formality. My family is very lighthearted and make jobs about everything, even sometimes making jokes during inappropriate times. I do remember one time going to a very expensive restaurant downtown for my birthday and we didn't really know how to act, we would go to nice places and eat, but never one that was a "dress up" place and that was a moment where I felt like we were very informal. But we also went to church and always looked nice, we would have family dinners together every single day and we weren't allowed to be on our phones and little things like that that I would consider to be formal.