Analyzing your beliefs about what constitutes a family

Family Constitutes Name: Institution: Many scholars and researchers have come up with various definitions of family. In all the definitions, it is evidence that a family constitutes of various aspects. Each individual has his or her own beliefs in respect to family. However literally, a family would refer to as the group that comprises of father, mother and children (Demmitt, 2008). This group comprises of different individuals put together by the same identity. Therefore, in social hierarchies, the family stands at the top because of its strong power that unit all the members. This is an indication that family is more than each member’s sum. Family would depend on our choice to relate with someone. This is when commitment and devotion counts in the family relationship (Parsons, & Bales, 1956). Family creates a place of safety where people can come together and love each other. It gives us a sense of belonging and people feel important and needed. In my belief, a family means that people love unconditionally and everyone feels accepted and at home regardless of their biological ties. Therefore, it is love and not the DNA that inspire a family. Therefore, the discussion herein seeks to analyze my beliefs about what constitutes a family in relation to theories in the course, personal experiences, and review of factors that may affect one’s beliefs and how they can affect how the person work with families. One of the major constitutes of family is love. Love ties the members together. It makes each member care for the other. Family love is unconditional, to love everyone regardless of their possibilities or challenges. If parents did not love their children, it would become very difficult to care for them. On the other hand, it would become hard for the children to identify with their parents if there were no love. Blood is thicker than water is a saying that brings out another constitute of a family (Parsons & Bales, 1956). The blood closely ties families. It is the blood links that make people portray superpower characters in times of family emergency. Therefore, the sense of blood sharing makes people identify themselves in a unique way as a family. This makes family the world’s most exclusive cluster. Home is the other constitute of a family. Every individual must have a place to call home. Where all the family members identify with as a place of rest, care, love, and provision this place is home. However, all members of the family do not live in the same place, they all register in t...