Is family really important? It may seem like a dumb question but I need to know because I believe I’m confused in that aspect.
First and foremost, what is a family?
According to Wikipedia, in the context of human society, a family (gotten from the latin word ‘familia’) is a group of people affiliated by recognized birth, by marriage, or co-residence and /or shared consumption. In English, what I just wrote means a family is a group of two or more people that are related by blood, marriage, adoption, step or fostering, and who usually live together in the same household.
In most societies, the family is the principal institution for the socialization of children. As the basic unit for raising children, anthropologists generally classify most family organization as matrifocal (mother and her children); conjugal (a husband, his wife, and children; also called the nuclear family). Sexual relations among the members are regulated by rules concerning incest such as the incest taboo.
Family can also be used metaphorically to create more inclusive categories such as community, nationhood, global village and humanism.
So, from the above stated facts, is family really important?
I lost my dad when I was just 7 months old so we can agree that I had a ‘matrifocal’ family growing up. Funny enough, it stopped when I became 10 years old because my mom had to relocate and I was stuck her older brother and his family. Don’t get me wrong it was fun but surely I knew something was missing.
Now, the joke in all this is; it didn’t take long before I lost that yearn to see my mom. That pull of a child to his/her parent had flushed out of my life and up till date I don’t seem to feel it. It seems wrong but I can’t help it. My mom keeps complaining that I’m performing a continental drift from her and I’ve tried to draw near but it feels like using my left hand to draw a picture.
Why am I telling you these things? Why did I ask the question; is family really important?
I need answers to know if I’m doing the right thing or not because I’m actually happy without the whole dad, mom, brothers and sisters -ish. I am a lone wolf and it is kinda cool.
Don’t get me wrong folks, I LOVE MY FAMILY, and even if I don’t think FAMILY is important, I know for sure that it is EVERYTHING.
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