For this assignment, I had to interview a family member and answer the following questions in the document.
Please view the attached document for questions.
Answer and explain each question (as if you are the family member being interviewed) with at least a few sentences with your opinion/connections.
Family Interview Questions:
Society:
1. What significant positive/negative changes have you seen in society throughout your lifetime?
2. How does society influence families?
Family:
1. Does a person’s beliefs change (e.g., religion, sex, politics, education, etc.) when they start a
family?
2. Where is the best place to raise a family? (ex. Which country/state/city; urban/suburban/rural;
house/apartment, etc.)
3. Are families being raised/ran better now than they were in the past? If so, how? If not, why
not?
4. How important is it for family members to be similar (e.g., ethnicity, religion, etc.)?
5. How important is it that cultural elements remain unchanged within the family?
6. What advice would you give to someone just starting a family?
Generations:
1. What do you like/dislike about your generation? What do you like/dislike about the current
generation?
2. What family traditions are most important to carry on in the family?
3. What advice for living a “good life” would you give to today’s generation?
4. How does a family’s past influence its present and future generations?
5. What advice would you give to someone who is struggling or facing a crisis?
Aristotle’s Virtues
Courage
Magnanimity
Wit
(generous, caring)
Temperance
Pride/Ambition
Friendliness
Patience/Good Temper
Modesty
(self-control, self-restraint)
Liberality
(Proper spending and saving)
Magnificence
Truthfulness
(style, charisma)
Justice
(fairness, equity)
1. Select 1 or 2 virtues that are most important to your family. Why are these important?
2. How do you promote the virtues to family members?
3. What consequences, if any, occur within your family if someone does not demonstrate
that virtue?
4. How will these virtues benefit your family in the future?
5. Growing up, did your parents or elders value these same virtues?
If so, how did they communicate that these were important to the family.
If not, which virtues did they value and why were these important to them?
Student Reflection:
1. What have you learned from doing this assignment?
2. How will you use this information to help you as you move forward in life?
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