What is culture?

What is culture? What is the culture within your family? What are the traditions you have in your family? I made a list of the traditions I would like to keep in my family. I will share some examples: traveling, education, hard working and unity as a family. Culture are the beliefs, customs, values, cuisines or the clothing of a certain group of people. This week in class we learned about Tammy Crabtree a white women from Ohio who struggled economically. Social class is defined because of someones status, name, behavior, opportunity, belongings, location and education. Tammy lived in a beat up trailer and had to walk 10 miles to work! She did not go to college and was a single mother so she worked at Burger King. Her kids were affected by Tammy's absence. I believe that a stay a home mother is essential for the family. Children need the nurture and love of a mother. Tammy grew up in a hardworking household, so she was comfortable with her lifestyle. She said her father will be proud of her. The mentality of a poor person is what can keep them in poverty they usually say things like "I will always be poor..." The more education someone has the more resources that will be available to them. This week in class we also discussed and studied the problems a family can face when they cross the boarder. Why do families move? Is it so there kids can have a better education? To be safer? For opportunities? Usually the father will cross first because he needs to find a job to settle down and then cross the rest of the family. Family separation is dangerous it can affect the children emotionally. The son needs his fathers figure as an example and the daughter needs to feel protected by her dad. A family can go through many challenges when a parent missing. We learned that the extend family which is the grandparents, uncles and cousins will take the role of the missing parent. The study of families is complex and unique for every culture. Family is part of every humans experience. It can be good or bad and it can define who you become.