As an emerging adult, when do you find it difficult to practice commitment with your family members?
I do have some difficulty practicing commitment with my family members. I am not sure of the reason, but I think maybe the difficulty is related to the culturaldifferences between American families and Chinese families. In a typical Chinese family, the oldergenerations usually don’t share their feelings or moods. When I trying to break the ice and encourage them totalk more, especially about their own feelings and thoughts, the conversation gets kind of stuck there. I amalways trying to find the right way to encourage them to share their thoughts because I think it could help me, help our family. For example, when I have a problem ora difficult time, I feel like they trust me, allow me to make my own choices, and respect me, but they willnever tell me those things. One positive way my familydemonstrates commitment is their willingness to share their stories and experiences with me. I can tell we stillhave a high regard for each other, and we like to do things for each other that make us feel good about ourselves, even though they very rarely show their emotions.
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