A Truly Normal Family

In Japan, some people still believe that individuals each have specific roles and values as family members, and that they have to play such roles very well. For example, the father should be the breadwinner, the mothers has to do household chores and take care of the kids, and the children should grow up healthy and lively.

People take this idea of a stereotypical family and make it into “The Ideal Normal Family”, believing that having such a family is perfectly normal and truly right for everyone.

However, many people feel insecure as they compare their own family to the ideal normal family, and realize how different it is from the ideal.

This piece of work questions what the normal family is to you. If your family is different from the general thought of the ideal normal family, you do not need to be embarrassed. Every family is original and unique. No one has the right to judge someone else’s family.

Additionally, the roles people play within their families should not confine them. This is because the roles are not necessarily related to the values of the individuals. Individuals have their own values regardless of the roles in a family.