My Institutional Artifact Project, I would like to analyze family as the primary social institution that influences society, communities, and individuals at large; as well as the communication between parents and their children. Everything does, in fact, begin in a household and those in that household learn all the emotions, basic needs, morals, ethics, etc., which begins with their early environment. We shouldn’t promote what a “normal” family looks like or is because not every family is the same, everyone has their own ideas of how or what a family should look or represent like but, that does not mean another family should discredit or even has the right to discredit, the other family for what they look like and who they’re composed of. As an example take a child with two father, they would see that as normal but if they were to say I have two dads, another person would perceive it as odd, strange or wrong, and that is the mindset that society needs to let go of; the world is changing and we as people keep evolving.
This of course directs me to the communication between family/parent and child(ren). In any relationship whether romantical or parental, communication is important but, having that communication between a parent/family and child(ren) is the most important relationship someone can have. A child, should feel comfortable in their own home and also comfortable with their parents to where they can tell them anything that is happening to them and whats going on in their mind.
I think this will be a great paper and I look forward to reading it. Everything does indeed start with the family structure and how they interact and communicate. I agree that communication is key and it is the basis for a very strong relationship. I also think though that besides communication, comprehension is very important as well. No matter how much we walkabout something unless we can understand it that information is useless.