How strong are your family values?

Question

While I would support family-friendly policies for the good of (almost) everyone else, I personally dislike being part of a family and would never want to have one of my own. What say you?

Answer 1

My family is very close, and in many ways my mother is my best friend, as well as my sister.  I was taught that you rely on your family for help, and not strangers.  We are clannish, but then we are Scots.

Answer 2

My family has always and will always be the most important part of my life.

I moved to America when I was 18.  I fell in love that same year and got married when I was 20. I just now celebrated my 25 wedding anneversary. I have 5 children ages 20, 17,16, 14, 12 and they are everything and more to me and my wife. My wife and I have struggled hard to provide a good, balanced and loving home for our children to grow up in. We've taught them that kindness and respect is the most important thing you can give to a person.

Despite the differences we all may have at times, at the end of the day we can all come home, sit around the kitchen table and just enjoy being in each others company.

Answer 3

My family is everything to me.

Answer 4

my family values are very strict..

there no point living if they got your life planned out already....so either make dem accept what you wanna do or have your own life

Answer 5

Many are choosing just to do their own thing, nearly all of my friends are like this. Marriage doesn't suit the hedonists. People are getting to selfish for it omo.I think we will see different configurations in the near future.

Answer 6

When it comes down to it, I believe there is nothing LIKE family but we all have our own personal feelings and opinions.

Answer 7

I feel a sense of duty and obligation to my parents. They worked through all kinds of difficulties and always looked out for me.

I also seem to need a lot of space and independence from my family.

I think I could work well in a family structure because I am flexible and good at compromising. I like kids and I enjoy the company of others. I think I could handle the challenges and the difficulties that go along with having a family.

Answer 8

I am extremely close to my family & am very family-oriented. I have 3 siblings & many cousins/aunts/uncles. I've always grown up around my relatives so they've never been like strangers to me. Unfortunately, family tends to be last in many cultures. A lot of my peers will choose friends over family but I always say: Blood is thicker than water, when there's no one left, it's your family.

Answer 9

I'm very close both to my immediate family and to my extended family. I would do just about anything for any of them. However, if by "having a family of my own" you mean having children, then no, that's not for me. I have enough problems in my life right now to get worked out. Dragging a child into it would be unfair to him/her.

As far as family friendly policies, I think a lot of them go too far and leave the unchilded workers behind. I'd rather see a cafeteria plan where you can pick certain benefits. That way, the unchilded can receive benefits of equal value to paid maternity leave, on-site daycare, and so forth. Just my two cents.

Answer 10

Aside from being provided with food and a roof, I pretty much raised myself.

I'd rather be alone

Answer 11

to each their own

Answer 12

Truth be told, I'm not much of a "family" person. Maybe it's because of an unfortunate past, or maybe because I just don't connect well with most of my family. Whatever reason, I'm just not someone who has strong "family values". I consider myself my own person.

Thanks for posting Rio.

Answer 13

I am very close to my family, and i have great relationship with my mother and my sister as well as my dad, the family is what keeps the society going, if a kid does not have a strong family unit backing him up he is more likely to turn out bad or to suffer, if you don't believe me just check the stats, compare the performances in school of kids in foster care or single family homes with those in two parent homes, i believe that in the end that's what lfe is all about, i want to have kids and raise a family and teach my son or daughter (hopefully son) the things i learnt in life and give him a strong family unit he could rely on in time of need....trust me having a family can be a beautiful thing, life is so much more than just ourselves.

Answer 14

Smile. I built my life around my values with my family supporting me all the way through. You see, as we go through life, we make many connections with strangers. And most of them are based on certain conditions, which is fine. However, family is the only group that knows you the best and still loves you unconditionally. That is why they are priceless and irreplaceable people in my life. Besides, my own relationship with my family is a model for the future in my relationship with my own child.

Answer 15

i love being part of a family. i would also like to point out that your "family" could be anybody. some people say their friends are their family.

i love my parents and my siblings. we all argue from time to time, of course, but they are always there for me when i need then and vice versa. i am kinda the odd ball in my fam, but they've always embraced that and i love them to death for it. my father and i (my step father) have always had a rocky relationship, but i love him and i know he loves me. even though he is a pain in the ***, i will always be there for him if he needs me.

my partner and my son are my new family. i love them more than i could ever express. my son is my everything and i would do anything for him. i look forward to our life together-i just hope i can show him how awesome the world can be when it's not being a giant disaster.

i can understand saying you don't want to be a part of a family if your parents were abusive, etc. but if you're just feeling the everyday normal angst that comes with growing up, i'd bite my tongue before saying i didn't appreciate my family. you never know when you'll need them and like it or not, they will always be a part of you. just think of how you'd feel if something horrible happened to them....do you think you would miss them if they weren't there?

i think you would. :0)

Answer 16

I like my sister's family - but don't think I want one of my own.  I think that counts!

Answer 17

I don't like my family of origin, but I do like the family I have created with my husband.

Family -friendly policies can be a good thing, so long as they are not penalizing people who choose to remain child-free.   Finding the balance is key.

Answer 18

Families function on two virtues, Love & Loyality. Both of which are in short supply today. God created the family, and I intend to honor what God has created.

Edit: Rio, my intention was not demean anyone who is single, but to answer your question about family values. If you chooes to remain single thoughout your life, so be it. You can still live for God and represent him well.

Answer 19

There are some families that are more "functional" than others.  I think that it's important for you to have a good support system with friends.

Answer 20

I had a hard time growing up in a family of 8, our parents were like kids raising kids and my siblings who I loved and cared for growing up have become people I don't like.

It did not stop me from wanting a family of my own.  I feel that I really didn't understand the responsibilities that my parents had until I became a mother myself, my daughter helped me learn about my own capabilities; patience, kindness and humility.  I became a stronger person and the love of a child is like no other. I explained to my daughter that she is as much a part of me as my arms and legs, even when she's not home the extension of myself to her reaches beyond what's visible.  Because of my daughter I also learned a greater respect for my own mother and believe that the regard I have for my mother has taught my daughter how to have regard for me.  My mother passed on two years ago, I have peace of mind that I was a good caring daughter and that peacefulness will be with me forever.  You truly do not know what a person means to you until they are gone!  I miss my mother very much.  

May God Bless You