Nigel Dube`s blogs

  Culture is probably the most important aspect of family systems. It seems to shape the thinking, actions, perspectives of different family systems. There is an evident difference between each family culture because of different life perspectives and past experiences that influence parents to shape their own unique cultures for the benefit of their children. It is also evident that most crafted family cultures intend to make the family a place of growth, where children`s decisions are shaped by the principles embedded in the culture. These unique cultures seem to change slightly or greatly when they are exposed to each other. Amongst them, there are more dominant cultures especially those of the western world that seems to have a huge influence on the other cultures. Studies have shown that immigrants that move from different parts of 3rd world countries to western world countries experience a natural culture shift and alteration because of the dominant influence of the new cultur...

       One of the basic assumptions of The Family System Theory is that the whole is better than the sum of the parts, this statement makes sense in many ways when explaining the family as a system. Even though a family comprises many individuals, all of these individuals have distinct attributes and characteristics and play a role in the success of a family as a whole. Furthermore, the Family Systems Theory further explains that “As a natural social system, the family possesses its own characteristic, rules, roles, communication patterns, and power structure, it represents an integration of parts such that individuals’ members can only be understood within the context of the whole”. This is seen widely in different families all around. The approach that the parents take to raise their children is different compared to another couple. That is why tensions arise oftentimes when an outside party that is not part of that particular family penetrates and tries to form op...

It is intriguing to realize the massive decline in birth rates over years in the western world, particularly the United States. This huge decline has been influenced by various factors most of them associated with the ever-changing and advancing world that has shifted the values of humanity. According to Elon Musk, a tech billionaire, he mentioned that "low and rapidly declining birth rates are one of the biggest risks to civilization". Musk`s prediction of the crumbling of civilization is a cause for concern. One may ask "what went wrong with civilization?" This topic of plummeting birth rates has been a debate for years now, with valid opinions raised, some have defended low birth rates whilst others like Musk have raised concerns. Statistically, if we go back in time around the 1950s the United States birth rate was twice if not more than it is today. This downward spiral has been associated with the changing world and other factors that came with it. The world a...

 Hello everyone! My name is Melokuhle Nigel Dube and I am excited to start blogging and share my thoughts and insights on different subjects focused on family relations.