The family relationship I would like to describe is the one with my mom. Presently, we are connected mostly through verbal communication. Mother is the person to whom I can always relay my thoughts and feelings without being judged. The doing aspect of our relationship was most vivid during my childhood when my mother helped me perform homework that required art skills. Since I was not particularly talented at drawing, my mother always lent her assistance.
It furthered our relationship because I was often ashamed of my poorly made pictures, and my mother explained that not everyone is born an artist. It is through this time spent together at co-creating paintings and collages for school. I understood that I could always count on her for support when I needed it. I always remember what she did for me then and in other similar instances, and assist her myself whenever she needs my help.
This relationship with my mother is one of the strongest I had so far. The reason for such an assumption is that we communicate rather often. According to Wood, in healthy relationships, people tend to talk to one another more frequently (335).
In comparison, talks with most of my friends, with few exceptions, happen less often because the number of topics we can discuss is mostly limited to studies and some other issues. It could be hard to openly relay one’s problems to friends, as it is often unclear how they would react. Given that, I highly value my relationship with my mother and the level of comfort we have talking to each other is one of the reasons why.
Work Cited
Wood, Julia T. Interpersonal Communication: Everyday Encounters. 8 ed., Cengage Learning, 2015.