What are the effects of social culture and class on families?

 My studies this week turned towards the effects that social environment can have on families. Have you ever noticed that people tend to mimic who they are around if they are around them for a long time? Well, the same principle applies with families. The longer anyone in a family is exposed to something, the more a part of the family it becomes. For example, if a family rarely spends time together then suddenly the parents decide to spend more time as a family. It will be awkward and feel weird at first. The children may talk about how they want to hang out with their friends or how it's stupid to spend time as a family, but as the family continues to spend more time together it will become more natural. Eventually it will be an integral part of the family to spend time together often. 

Another aspect I studied was the effects of social class on the family. Surprisingly there is a large effect on families in different social classes. The families that tend to be closest are the middle working-class families. The lower-class families and upper-class families tend to be more distant from each other and not as involved in each other's lives. I found this to be very interesting because we generally attribute wealth to having a happy life. Yet it appears that having a happier life tends to be in the middle class. There are more happy families in the middle-class than the upper and lower-class families. I'm not saying it is impossible to have a happy family in the upper or lower class. It is possible, but the science and statistics point towards a higher percentage of families being happier in the middle class.

That concludes my studies for this week. I want to remind everyone if this is something you'd like to learn about then go study it for yourself. Don't take my word for everything, but go and learn for yourselves.