Pop Culture and Family Life in America Three major aspects of American pop culture include sports, fashion, and music. Each of these aspects has affected my relationship with each of my family members. The sports, fashion, and music industries are extremely popular in America, and within my family. Our interests in each aspect of pop culture bring us closer together in two ways: support and bonding. My American experience has been positive because of the effect pop culture has had on my family. American sports have majorly impacted my life, and the lives of my family members. Sports has helped to strengthen the bond between my brother, dad, and I. Ever since I was a little girl my family has had season tickets to the Ohio State football and basketball games. Attending these sporting events has always been a bonding experience with my family, especially my dad. From waking up early and heading to The ‘Shoe on crisp fall mornings, to walking from The Schottenstein Center through the winter flurries; each and every game has brought my dad and I closer together. We share a love of the game and supporting our team. Our admiration of college sports is not confined to merely watching them in person.
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When we are not at the games, my family and I continue to watch the Ohio State football games, and basketball games. Each game is turned into a somewhat viewing party or event. Each of us invite a few friends over and prepare the “finger food”. No feeling is better than when a game is on the television, food is on the table, and loved ones are all around. No game day goes uncelebrated, win or lose, my family and I enjoy watching the games and spending some quality time together. Though my family bonds primarily through our love of college sports, high school sports have also brought us together. My brother, Nick, is five years older than me. I have always looked up to him, especially in his athletic abilities. Nick participated in many sports throughout his high school career including basketball, soccer, swim team, and golf. I was always there to watch him excel in his many games, matches, and meets. Supporting Nick in his sports throughout high school brought us closer together into a bond that still remains. As I supported my family in sports, they support me. My participation in competition dance requires many trips, weekend conventions, and late night practices. My family is always willing to transport me to the necessary functions and never fail to be at every competition. Their support, physically and financially, is extremely important and has helped me to become a better dancer. The relationship I share with my family is strong because of the role of American Sports in our everyday lives. The role of fashion in America has brought my mom and I closer together. My mom and I frequently go on afternoon shopping trips. These trips allow us to spend many hours of quality time together. I also frequent her for advice, fashion related or just everyday dilemmas. My mom asks for my advice, as well, but it tends to be more fashion-related questions. Possibly our bond is so tight because we share almost everything with each other, including clothes! The popularity of women’s fashion in America has helped to strengthen the bond between my mom and I. My sister, Jillian, and I are not very alike, but music is a topic of interest we share. For my seventeenth birthday, Jillian got us both tickets to attend a concert in Columbus. It was a perfect bonding experience, and allowed us to enjoy a night of music. Jillian does not live close to the rest of our family, so the concert was a great opportunity to see her. We plan to go to more concerts together, in the future. Though I do not see Jillian often, we continue to stay connected through text messages or phone calls. She keeps me updated on the latest music, artists, and albums, then asks me to give her my opinion, or review, on each. This develops into enthusiastic discussions, sometimes disagreements, on the many aspects of music. We have very similar taste in music, but sometimes our opinions differ and cause slight arguments.
When we are not at the games, my family and I continue to watch the Ohio State football games, and basketball games. Each game is turned into a somewhat viewing party or event. Each of us invite a few friends over and prepare the “finger food”. No feeling is better than when a game is on the television, food is on the table, and loved ones are all around. No game day goes uncelebrated, win or lose, my family and I enjoy watching the games and spending some quality time together. Though my family bonds primarily through our love of college sports, high school sports have also brought us together. My brother, Nick, is five years older than me. I have always looked up to him, especially in his athletic abilities. Nick participated in many sports throughout his high school career including basketball, soccer, swim team, and golf. I was always there to watch him excel in his many games, matches, and meets. Supporting Nick in his sports throughout high school brought us closer together into a bond that still remains. As I supported my family in sports, they support me. My participation in competition dance requires many trips, weekend conventions, and late night practices. My family is always willing to transport me to the necessary functions and never fail to be at every competition. Their support, physically and financially, is extremely important and has helped me to become a better dancer. The relationship I share with my family is strong because of the role of American Sports in our everyday lives. The role of fashion in America has brought my mom and I closer together. My mom and I frequently go on afternoon shopping trips. These trips allow us to spend many hours of quality time together. I also frequent her for advice, fashion related or just everyday dilemmas. My mom asks for my advice, as well, but it tends to be more fashion-related questions. Possibly our bond is so tight because we share almost everything with each other, including clothes! The popularity of women’s fashion in America has helped to strengthen the bond between my mom and I. My sister, Jillian, and I are not very alike, but music is a topic of interest we share. For my seventeenth birthday, Jillian got us both tickets to attend a concert in Columbus. It was a perfect bonding experience, and allowed us to enjoy a night of music. Jillian does not live close to the rest of our family, so the concert was a great opportunity to see her. We plan to go to more concerts together, in the future. Though I do not see Jillian often, we continue to stay connected through text messages or phone calls. She keeps me updated on the latest music, artists, and albums, then asks me to give her my opinion, or review, on each. This develops into enthusiastic discussions, sometimes disagreements, on the many aspects of music. We have very similar taste in music, but sometimes our opinions differ and cause slight arguments.