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My Family Structure
I grew up in a nuclear family. There are four people in my family, consists of my father, mother, my sister and me. My father is 62 years old. He’s working as a insurance agent. My mother is 10 years younger than my father. She used to work as a store manager before she gave birth to me. She quitted her job in order to take care of me and my sister because she believes that the mother daughter bond can grow stronger day by day by spending time with us. My sisters and I are four years apart. She is currently studying in Tsun Jin Independent School. Even though we fought a lot growing, got mad at each other, but she is still my one and only sister and that’s all that matters. I think is normal for siblings to fight despite the age difference as it can increase the bond between each other. I was brought up with a very typical view of what a ‘normal’ family is and does. Every night, my family eats dinner together. My parents always encourage us to go home early and have dinner together. Our family believes that it helps us stay connected and build better relationship. During dinner, we would talk over the happenings of the day, about upcoming events or plans and share interesting stories together.
There are a number of different subsystems in my family. My parents, they are obviously the dominant ones working together to make decisions for the family. Most of the time, my parents will have their private time planning trips and activities for the family. Most decisions are made during their one on one dates outside of home. My sister and I can express our thoughts about their decisions but ultimately our parents will have the last say. For instance, every year when my parents talk about family trips, my sister and I will give our thoughts and suggestions to our parents, but at the end of the day, none of our suggestions make it to be in our family trip plans. Another subsystem that exist in my family is the siblings subsystem. My siblings and I There was once we threw

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