this came up during a conversation on Skype, and I thought it to be quite an interesting topic to bring up. How do all the different cultures around here hold their regards to family?
For example, I'm half Italian. It's quite well documented actually how Italians highly regard family. We love family actually. In fact, no matter what the situation between family, the one thing you don't wanna do is mess with us.
And no one in the Italian culture seems to regard their families any higher then Italian mothers and grandmothers. My grandmother cares deeply of all her grandchildren, so much that she goes out of her way for each and every one of us on our birthdays and Christmas. That's not even to mention how she likes to feed her children and grandchildren when there all over (it's actually been too many years since I've gotten to enjoy her cooking, In fact, It was back when I was really little the last time we were over at grandmas for dinner )

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Well, in India, love in the way that Zero describes it is very limited. Indian households are very strict, religious, and by the book. Academic performance is one of the top priorities. Indian wives in the old days were supposed to treat their husbands like God. The issue of male dominance still exists in Indian culture. Men are supposed to perform the funeral rites for the parents. However, one of the things I like is that when babies are born, lots of relatives are invited, and it all feels really amazing meeting them. Grandparents in India are supposed to be supported by the firstborn son after they are married. However, in my generation, we have a choice, and I am probably going to take care of my parents after I marry, even though I'm the second born. In India, like many Asian cultures, respect for your elders within the family is very important. Not just the mutual respects like between parent and child, but you have respect your grandparents, your aunts, uncles, everyone significantly older than you in your family. You have to pay respects by bowing at their feet every time you meet or make farewells. Even though I'm only 14, there are some cases where you pay your respects to your elder siblings. Also, in India, you treat cousins more like brothers and sisters, because a word for cousin doesn't exist in any Indian language. All my cousins who are significantly younger than me are too young to know how to respect me.

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