Family Dynamics Blog #3

Taking a deeper look into the dynamics of family communication, there are many things I did not realize about how it effects our culture. "Some interviewees indicated that had a friend inflicted upon them a similar kind of hurt as a family member inflicted, they would "dissolve the relationship," is from Carr and Wang's (2012) study on forgiveness. This quote shows the impact of how experiences from family interaction and communication can effect outside relationships and the dialogue within them. 

Comparing family relationships to friend relationships, one can consider family relationships to be non voluntary. When it comes to family relationships there is a different dynamic of communication because of the level of comfort-ability and a sense of familiarity. The way one interacts with family is going to be different then how they would with a friend. But in some cases, the way a person has been treated, or in this situation communicated with, can reflect in future interactions, and outside of family scenarios. The way one can learns to interact with their own family becomes their personal norm of communication.

Family life can effect more than just the communication, but also the dynamics in which you create for your personal friend group or outside relationships. In Carr and Wang's (2012) study they even point that our with using an example of scenarios where family members choose to estrange themselves from other family members. In cases where this is common within family's it can also be seen in friendships. Emma Wells (2016)  says that family relationships predict the outcomes of friendships.