Reflection on own Family Values - 3/29

Immediately reading Chapter 7 I was able to identify actual terms that described my parents marriage and my family values in a whole. In the second paragraph it states:

            "Scholarship on the family has demonstrated that family forms are historically and culturally constructed in global context and that family is a place for the reproduction of power relations both nationally and transnationally. Families worldwide are increasingly shaped not only by social structures within each society, but also by uniquely global forces, including worldwide demographic shifts, transitional employement across national and political borders, regional and internal til also violence, and worldwide culture systems. In this way, families are primary social units that maintain other institutions and reinforce existing patterns of domination. At the same time, however, family networks provide support systems that can reduce the indignities and/or challenge the inequities produced by various systems of inequality in society."


My parents thought that them getting married was the mandatory step that had to be made to grow, and what they thought was best because of they already had 2 kids together. Yet once they got married their relationship changed for the worst rather than for the best. Yes, they loved each other and things were much smoother before the marriage and they couldn't figure this out before until 15yrs later when they decided to separate. Being under the "title" of marriage changed their perspective of each other. My father viewed my mother as a woman that shouldn't work but just stay take care of the home and children. A lot of her opinions began to not matter as much as it did before because she was just the wife that didn't know as much as him because he was out working. As for my mother she thought that she should accept that role but it only left her miserable which reflected in her attitude towards everyone, she began to push her anger upon us instead of him. After while the relationship only stayed a float because of the children, known as a kinship the. Now 15yrs later not being able to bear each other no longer,  they realize they lost all respect for each other because of the roles they felt they were obligated to go by instead doing what's best for them to make their marriage work.