What am I answering?
The goal of this project is to reconnect families that might not be as connected and together as they think. Through this project you should get a better understanding of why you aren't as connected with your family as you think, how that impacts your daily life, and how to go about fixing the faulty family connection.
Why am I pursuing this?
I came up with the idea for this project by thinking about what was I gifted with that not a lot of others are. I want to help others my age get along with their families and to have a strong connection when they go off to college or out of the house. My mother is a psychologist, and I hear stories from her work of where children don't want to go back to their families and be with them. This is an extreme case, but not that far off from reality. Those children don't want to go back to their families because they feel that they are hated, they feel that no one wants them, and they feel that only pain is waiting for them at their home. And home is supposed to be a safe place where you can go to cry, recuperate, and have a good time. Through this project I want to make each and every one of you realize that family is important and that you should have a strong bond with them, no matter what.
What do I mean by "the modern era"?
While doing this project I decided that I wanted to reach out to those around my age to help them find a good family life. I didn't want to use research and data from the 1970's, because our world has changed and so have we. I want to reach out to people now and not from way- -back-when, and now is very different from previous generations. In today's age, we have cell phones, tablets, wireless everything, and even gaming devices in which we can communicate. Throw all of that into a bunch of teenagers preparing to get out of the house and start their own life, and you get a very disconnected youth from their parents and family. If you think about it, almost every person in your family has grown up in a different generation; even your siblings! If you ask your younger brother or sister what their favorite part of growing up to where they are now, their response will be very different than yours.
Why you should pay attention
You may be asking yourself, "what does this have to do with me? I have a wonderful family life!" And you might have that, but what if you don't have as good of a connection with your family as you think? What if, underneath those little day to day arguments there's something bigger that's keeping you from really having the best connection?