Family Systems

This weeks class discussions were all about family systems. I found it really interesting that when we from new family systems by getting married that it is really important to branch off from your parental family and start your own way of life. Each person in a family has a particular role and by fulfilling that role we help the family create a place of homeostasis. Balance is brought to the family and people are able to act comfortably. We also talked a lot about the unspoken family rules. We all have them, those things you just never do or never say. A lot of these come from traditions and things that we discover after figuring out someones personality.I think that sometimes they can be good and other times not so good. As in all things a healthy balance should be made. I also learned about how to make and interpret family Genograms. They are worth checking out on Google images. From doing family history and digging a little bellow the surface you can see family traits that might even explain why you are the way you are or why people in the past did certain things. I'll keep you osted on all the cool things I learn!