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In the long run, it seems that the natural evolution of communication patterns during our childhood have resulted in much closer relationships with our mother than with our father.
Conclusion:
My family illustrates the manner in which individuals with groups fulfill fundamental roles in the realm of ensuring the cohesiveness of the group and long-term maintenance of established group goals. My father has always been the group's primary leader and determinant of essential group values and goals. My mother has always functioned in a dual role of co-leader and mediator of conflict resolution, especially between other group members and my father. In the long-term, those dynamics and the communication patterns that evolved to facilitate them persist to this day. However, our decreasing reliance on my father's approval have, unfortunately, corresponded to a much greater psychological distance on our part with respect to my father, primarily because he contributed so much less to direct communication in the area of conflict resolution as played the role of critical evaluator more than any other role in his direct communications. My family experiences, therefore, suggest that both parents must share more...
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