sociology family week

In this podcast episode, Teresa discusses the importance of family and marriage in society. She shares personal experiences of being adopted into a diverse family and highlights the significance of heritage. Although she grew up with a single parent, Teresa acknowledges that marriage is important and cites her aunt and uncle's 50-year marriage as an example. She emphasizes that family is not defined by blood, but by the love and connection between individuals. Teresa expresses gratitude for her family and the role they play in shaping her identity. She also mentions her contact with her biological family and the insights gained from her adopted brother. Overall, the podcast explores how family and marriage contribute to society and personal growth. hello it's Teresa welcome to a new week of the podcast this week we're going to talk about family and marriage with society with sociology and I think family marriages are very important with society and like in sociology they cover how the society is made you know I come from a diverse family I come from a white family and I'm adopted and I'm tan I'm Hispanic as far as I know so I my family is very diverse because everybody is white and I'm from a different country and we're just different people and they do include my heritage which is very important because like if I was in Guatemala I'd be speaking Spanish but I don't speak Spanish here so they speak American so it's very important about family and then marriage is important I didn't grow up with two parents I only grew up with one but that never really changed my life my sister's dad's actually kind of like my dad so it worked out in the time being but I know marriage is important I know my aunt uncle been together like 50 years I mean they've had their problems but they that's marriage go right there being married 50 years so I think marriage is just really important to society because you make up the family you make up the people even though my mom's a single parent and she did great with me it's just I think we all want to have that mom and dad with our families and then family is important because it makes up the people it's not an individual it's the people who make up a family blood does not need to be a family you don't need blood to be a family because I'm not blood related to my family and I act just like some of them which is crazy how I act like my mom and I act like my sisters we're not even blood related so family is very important it makes up society it makes up the world of sociology it helps us discover who we are as people I don't know what I would do without my family and like I have contact with my biological family so they also help make up my family as well help me figure out who I am and what the missing pieces are with my family on that side of the family and I have a brother that's been adopted too so it's nice to know his his views on his family like both his his siblings also adopted so from Guatemala so he comes from a white family as well like I said blood does not make family at all it's the people in your family and how much they love you and how they make a family so it's very important family is just very important marriage is important too because it makes up the whole family as well so I like this topic family especially so I hope you enjoyed this week's podcast and come back for another one and I don't know what we're talking about but family is always important so thanks bye