Family Strutures

We all have different families, some are more wealthy than others and some are more poor than others. The great thing is that we are all sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father and he sees us as equally human beings. In class this week we learned about social statuses as well as different cultures and their backgrounds. In preparation for class we were asked to watch short clips on YouTube about different social statuses. It amazes me to see how other cultures live their lives, a sweet lady named Tammy, lived in a trailer house with 2 boys that treated her poorly and she worked at Burger King, but get this she does not have a car so she has to walks 10 miles everyday to get to work so she can provide for her family. It really made me grateful for the family I have and how my family can provide and be comfortable with our lives. Here is the link if you would like to watch it:(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37ZpauS5Doo)

We also had to read about illegal immigrants from Mexico, this was about families that were affected by it. Usually the Father of the house would go to the U.S. first and work for a while before he would help his family immigrate. This process usually took on average 3 years, this had a huge impact on the families it created tension between them when they finally reunited. The expenses were also outraging, families would have to come up with lots of money to immigrate to America. In Mexico the hispanics had great jobs they were able to provide for their families, but when they would immigrate to the U.S. companies knew they were not citizens so they did not receive the best jobs. Most of the fathers would work in the fields and get paid very minimal again causing it hard to help their families in Mexico.

You might ask why did they do this to themselves, if they were content why would they make their lives harder. The main reason why they did this was because they thought it would help there children have better lives and a better future. What are your thoughts, do you think Hispanics are making the right choices? Do you think it is worth the pain and suffering?

I am from a small town in Idaho where most of the people there are hispanic, they do not have much. Most of them work in the fields or on a ranch to provide for there families. They usually are not very wealthy and live in little homes just to get by, so I have seen it my personal life how it has affected these families. Learning about this makes me want to do the best I can to provide for my family.

Thanks for reading have a great week!