Family Communicatoin

For this discussion board, I want you to discuss your experiences with extended family communication, and reflect on the future directions of research on grand-parenting. Floyd and Morman argue that existing research on grand-parenting does not fully attend to the aspects of culture, technology, and identity.Using one of these areas as a focus, discuss how it effects your current or previous grandparent relationships, and make an argument for how future research could study this.*If you have never had grandparents, think of a grandparent that is reflected on a television show or movie and use that depiction to complete this discussion board.

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Answer the following questions:
What has been/is the significance of grand-parenting in your family experience? Relate this discussion to some of the overall conclusions in grand-parenting research discussed by Floyd and Morman.
Choose one of the following (culture, technology, and identity)and discuss how it effects your current or previous grandparent relationship(s).
Propose how future research could or should study the topic you chose to discuss above.
Remember your original post should be at least 250 words, free from grammatical/spelling errors, and include at least one source as both an APA in-text citation and at the end in full reference form

Be sure to also reply to at least one peer. For both posts, be sure to answer in full-sentence, paragraph form.
This response should academically contribute to the conversation and be at least 150 words in length. You are not required to include a source in your response post.

For both posts, be sure to answer in full-sentence, paragraph form.

**BELOW IS A STUDENTS POST: PLEASE REPLY TO IT IN ATLEAST 150 WORDS:

There has not been a ton of significance in grand-parenting within my family. We see each other and love one another, but my parents were very clear from the start that they would be the ones to parent and discipline us, not my grandparents. They were definitely more involved when my siblings and I were young. When we were born, my grandparents were present in the hospital, and my dads’ parents watched us occasionally when my parents were out of town. My dads’ parents and my mom’s mom have taken us to doctors’ appointments and things to help out my parents. My mom’s dad has had minimal influence on our lives because he is not a good man. They never had a supportive role, which is the way grandparents become involved during changes to the family structure (Soliz & Lin, 2013, p. 38). They were helpful and filled in gaps periodically when my mom and dad had a lot on the schedule.
As Floyd and Morman discussed, the relationships with grandparents change as you reach adulthood. Now, I do not rely on my grandparents at all and primarily see them at holidays and family functions. My grandmas and I text back and forth, but I would not call us very close. Now that I am an adult, I have control over what kind of relationship my grandparents and I have, independent of my mom and dad, which is a common experience according to Floyd and Morman(Soliz & Lin, 2013, p. 37). We also do not live in the same place, so geographic location plays a role as well.
The parent-grandparent relationship in my family has shaped the way I view my grandparents. My mom’s dad did some horrible things, and we do not make an effort to see him or be involved with him. My sister and I distanced ourselves from him once we got older and realized how he had treated my mom and aunts. The quality of the parent-grandparent relationship highly impacts the grandparent-grandchild relationship as discussed by Floyd and Morman (Soliz & Lin, 2013, p. 39).
Identity, which is who I am, impacts my relationship with my grandparents. Part of my identity is that I am loyal and value justice. I am loyal to my family members who have experienced hurt at the hand of my grandpa, so I have chosen not to see him anymore. During family holidays, there is not a choice, but I still have chosen not to have a close personal relationship with him. Another part of my identity is that I am loving and value my relationships with people, which is why I text my grandparents back and forth. However, I also value my independence, so I have a life separate from them as well.
References
Soliz, Jordan & Lin, Mei-Chen. (2013). Soliz, J., & M.-C. Lin (2013). Communication in grandparent-grandchild relationship. In Floyd, K. & Morman, M. (Eds.) (2nd ed.), Family circle: New research on family communication (pp. 35-50), Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage..

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