Your Family Culture

 

Hey y’all, today we are going to be talking about culture! 

No, I’m not talking about culture like growing bacteria. The type of culture that I am talking about is the type of culture that you have in your family. The definition of culture is shared values, beliefs, and how you do things. Now something that you have to understand is that there are two main types of culture that have significant influence upon each other. There are many different types of ‘cultures’ and we will focus mostly on what is commonly called mainstream culture and what is called family culture. Both of which have a very big influence on the other, and it is often debated which one has more influence on the other. Often it just depends on what is going on and what the culture is in the community in which you live.

                Now what is the type of culture that you would like in your house? I grew up in a house where the culture was that we express and also show our love by our words and our actions. This is part of the type of culture that I would like to have in my own house. You may also want a family culture of going and doing physical activities. If you are religious, you may want to have a culture in your house where you can study your scriptures and talk about what you believe in with your family. Basically, your culture is your lifestyle. The way you want you and your family to live.

Now cultures and lifestyles can be very similar or very different depending on how your family likes to do things and what you value. They can also be influences on your different types of love languages you or your family may have. Some of my friends and people I know aren’t super physically affectionate, but they are always available to listen to you when you are struggling and will often change things around in their busy schedule to be there for you. This is a part of their family culture and identity. So, when thinking about your family that you may have or that you may want to have in the future, make sure that you know what type that you want to have in your family. This is so important because you have a goal of what you want.

Now as mentioned before, every family may have a different culture and that can come into conflict when you and your significant other are trying to work together. Not only in what your house is like but also as you come up on the holiday seasons. They may come from a family who loves to do big and extravagant gifts for each other while you might come from a family that might not even like to give or get gifts. That could cause some confusion and contention in the way that things work.  So you have to be adaptable ton change and that things work in different ways with different families.

Now family cultures may change a whole lot with even a slight but significant change. These changes can be something like big and important like the death of a loved, someone moving away out of the house, someone doing well (or not well) in school, or even the birth of another child. But they can also be small like someone taking out the trash, or doing the dishes, or even being the person who greets you when you come home.

 

What my goal from this post is that you look at the culture that you and your family have. Then see what you like versus what you don’t like. Then create a list of the type of culture that you want in your family, then go and do things that change your current culture to change your family culture, which will then change the community and the world cultures.