Family Trends

Today I am here to talk about family trends and how they affect us individually. There are bad and good outcomes from these trends. For instance the family that adopted me had a family trend of being Baptist. The affect of that trend can overtake you because you may not know what your beliefs are, you are taking after someone else's beliefs. I wasn't questioning if God was real, I was questioning if I really believed in this or if it was just because someone else told me to. As I got older I departed from the family church, because not every family trend if for everyone. Another family trend is attending college, all my life I knew it was expected of me to go to college. I made college a goal for myself and worked hard until I made it here. I also realize that college might not be for everyone but it was the right choice for me and I followed my family's trend. One of the cons of family trends is that you are living up to someone else's expectations, which may not be similar to yours. Some family trends can be really helpful to follow, while others might not be something you want to continue on with your future family. Another family trend that is very prevalent in our society is pregnancy outside of marriage. Many people, especially in our faith believe strongly in not having children outside of wedlock. On the other hand people in the world who may not have the same beliefs as us, do not see this as such a big of a deal. Now many people have children with their boyfriend or girlfriends. This was a trend that was popular in my first adopted family, no one in this family is married except for eight people. I fell victim to this trend. It's a trend to a have sexual relations and not be married. Another family trend for me was being in the streets, such as being outside hanging out, dope dealing, stealing cars, home invasions, robbery, I thought this was cool since it ran in the family. Since we see all these drug dealers with money and they tell us that it's the best lifestyle, and for generations this is passed down in families. Some of these family trends are trends that I do not want to carry on with my future family. Some trends that I have that I have seen that I don't want to take on with my future family are; phones at the table, not making their bed, not doing chores on schedule, talking back to parents, not doing well in school, not having family time, and the list could go on and on. It is essential to put a stop to old trends that are not positive and do not create a good future as well as making sure that this trend never continues on in our future families. It is important to think about our futures and our future family and what we want for them, and how we want to raise our children and which trends we will involve in our homes. Family trends are important and can help a family progress and grow closer, it is also important to establish good family trends in order to have these trends carry on to future generations. I want my family to enjoy our family trends and make these trends so that they can want to follow them. I also want my children to think of some family trends that they would like our family to implement so they feel they have some say in this.