Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Genograms

As many people have already touched on the subject, it is evident that no two families are alike. Yes, some families may share some similar characteristics, but it is impossible that any two families are a spitting image of one another.  This makes me wonder how the differences in family dynamics are created.  I believe family history, family members interactions with one another, the socio-economic status and the family's environment in which they interact, all play a part in in differentiating one family from another.  These aspects, along with many more, are valid assumptions that they are the cause of creating such diversity among families all over the world.  Take two families who have lived in the same town, parents who went to the same schools, with children who are the same gender and same age, they live in the same neighborhood, have the same social life and may seem exactly identical to one another.  Yet, because of one difference, such as family history, these two families could actually end up being complete opposites, despite their outlaying similarities.  All in all, I just find it very interesting to think about all the different families in the world.  Whenever I am in a public setting and I have some down time, I sometimes find myself looking at someone and wondering what their life is like... 

1 comment:

Rherr said...

I completely agree with what you have stated. It's crazy to think about how two such closely related families can turn out to be so completely different. I loved how you brought up something about how one difference can make such a huge impact on how families function. It made me think about how different siblings can react in the future based off of one little thing. There are so many many things that can affect how families interact. And I think it's completely normal to wonder what someone else's life is like. I'm sure almost everyone has done that at some point in their life.