Social Constractionist Perspective ~ week 3

We do "build worlds" through communication and the way I see it many families live in that world of their own concept that they built. It is easier to understand my point if I bring an example. I was raised in a Ukrainian traditional Christian home, where we had rules to follow as we were growing up. My dad and my mom were also raised in a similar household rules, and so that is why they raised us like that too. We attended church regularly, read bible, family prayer was a regular thing we did. And some of more cultural things included not wearing a hat if you are inside the building of any sort. When I came to America, I saw the cultural differences and tried to observe the new cultural traditions. It is very easy to become judgmental when we see other people living a completely different life style, and so that is why being open minded helped me understand that every person was raised in their own "world". I got to know many people that were raised very different from the way I was, and whose looks on life differed from mine, and I learned not to judge them for their ways. Now that I have my own family I see the similarity of certain family rules that we had as we were growing up, and it was almost automatically generated in our home. This can cause arguments and ruin our happiness if we don't learn how to treat others equally with respect without comparing their life to ours and judging their ways of living. Peace between cultures is learning to accept the differences, and live happy.