ARCHIVE ENTRY DATE: #6 November 4, 2011
TOPIC: How do family and identity intersect?
TITLE: A Place in the Family
SOURCE: RR. ch 6, my own family, personal observations.
RELATION TO TEXT: RR. ch 6.
COMMENTARY:
Family and Identity are two terms that we are exposed to throughout our whole life. Our family is anyone one we consider part of our intermediate group whether it be by blood relation, adoption, grandparents, its the people who raise us throughout our life as well as our siblings. Identity is a term used to describe what something is, a label in a sense. One person can be labeled multiple things that make up who they are, giving them an identity. Family and identity intersect a lot from my observations. You establish the foundation of your identity through your family. Your family is your main teachers. In most family, lets take mine for example, the mothers take on their role as a mom once they have children. It becomes part of their identity, who they are. My mother had a different Identity before she had kids. People knew her in a different way. Once she decided to have kids her role changed, as well as her identity. People labeled her as a mother and she gladly accepted that label. With the label of mother came other responsibilities and expectations that go along with people identifying themselves as mothers. Mothers are suppose to nuture, care, feed, cloth, etc for their kids til they are able to do it themselves. this classifies a position within the family unit where others can identify her. whenever I talk about my mom to friends I do not say her name, I call her mom as does everyone else with their own mother. Not only does my mom have her own identity outside of being a mother but to me, my family and in the eyes of other people her identity is a mother.
