Saturday, January 22, 2011

Family Systems

This week in class we discussed family systems.  Each person in a family is vital to the family.  Each member influences the others.  This made me think of how when people are doing something that isn't in their best interest, they tend to say that it only affects them.  As I thought about how family systems relate to this, I realized that it influences others more than I had thought before.  None of us are islands and so our actions have an impact on others, both inside and outside the family.

This week we also discussed the different types of relationships in families as developed by Dr. Minuchin.  It helped me evaluate the family that I was raised in and the relationships we had amongst ourselves.  It also helped me evaluate my relationship with my husband and how I want it to be, even after we have children.  I know that how I act and behave will influence our relationship with each other as well as with our children.

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