The Here and Now

Today in class we discussed how the parents play such a significant role in how the family functions as a whole. Some very interesting points were made about how different problems that occur within the family usually start when there is some sort of conflict or tension between the husband and wife and as they come closer and work out their individual problems and concerns the family slowly becomes closer and united as a whole. The problems, whatever they may be, become less and less of a problem in the family. I thought how interesting it was, for example, we talked about asthma that children developed, and I've forgotten the % that was given but as parent trials started to diminish, so did their children's asthma attacks. It is amazing to me what kind of problems can come about through different tensions and trials that the parents go through.