Simultaneously, larger political, economic, and social forces also impinge on the family culture. Marriages, births, divorces, and deaths change the family constellation and, in profound ways, alter the family culture. Families are in a constant state of transition as each member moves through the cycles of life and the family itself moves from one stage of development to the next. To say that families have identifiable cultures, however, is not to suggest that they are static. No matter that they promise themselves they will never repeat the mistakes of their own family-certain cultural attitudes and responses are so ingrained in family members that they continue to affect their thinking and behavior, whether or not those individuals are aware of such influence.
FAMILY OF ORIGIN FREE
Most take for granted their family’s ways, and they carry into adulthood numerous attitudes and behaviors acquired in childhood.Įven those who later reject all or part of the family culture often discover that they are not entirely free of their early influences. Growing up, their assumptions about what is right and wrong often reflect the beliefs, values and traditions of their family culture. Both in direct and subtle ways, children are molded by the family culture into which they are born. Yet it is exactly this-a characteristic way of thinking, feeling, judging, and acting-that defines a culture. Most people do not think of their family as having a “culture.” For many, it's a group of familiar people doing what they always do.
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