The Making of Family A Family is almost like a recipe. It requires different ingredients to make it work, and if you leave out some ingredients it just isn't going to be the same unless you have them all. Over time families have taken on different roles. From century to century, families start to differ in the way their life is ran and the importance of each family member. For instance, a family that is …showed first 75 words of 2122 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2122 total…causing stress. It's important to study different families and listen to others because you can learn a lot from another family. Whether the family struggles or succeeds you can still take from it and mold your family out of their experiences. The Jarrett family could have learned from the Goodwin's because they were lacking many necessary ingredients to make it work: communication, community, and love. Without these main ingredients a family can taste pretty sour.