Parent-Child Communication Discourse

1. Highlight at least three cultural/social discourses available in culture about parent-child communication patterns. Then describe how each of those discourses impact how you communicate to your parent(s) at your current stage of life.
Three social discourses that are available in today’s culture about parent-child communication that we discussed in class is who can say something when, how, or what. How does the family role go and who gets to say something and how is that role communicated. For example, is it acceptable to call your parents by their first names or is that considered to be disrespectful in the household. Another discourses seen is about what is determined and acts as communication that is susceptible in the family. For example, …show more content…
A hypothetical example of integration vs separation could occur, let’s say when a father of two children and a wife suddenly dies from a heart attack. Integration and separation could occur when the mother reaches out to her children and wants to connect with her children emotionally during their grieving time. But the children isolate themselves with the sudden change in the family system becoming more separate from the mother by ignoring her, always being locked in room by one’s self, and so on. This sudden change is difficult and the mother wants to be there for her children and become more integrated because she is the only parent they have and she wants to be there for them. But the two children want to disconnect and separate from their mother because the want to grief …show more content…
For example, a mother dies from a car accident and she was the bread winner of the family and kept the family together. Now the family has to deal with that change. The husband has to now have a big role and has to keep the family together through the time of change. The family has to communicate to create stability because everyone’s roles just changes. The father has to now wake up the kids for school, pay the bills, cook dinner, etc. This impacts family communication because the family needs to have a new plan and discuss the next steps the family will take. At firs the change will be hard emotionally due to change and everyone will experience and act differently because of the new change. The children might not like the change and become defiant to the father, which can create family