Americans, What are your associations with the word "family"?

Question

hi everyone. I'm making a kind of language research and need your help. Please answer my 4 questions. Don't write about your own family. I need a general idea: how american families look like, and how it's reflected in language. Don't copy examples please!!!!!
1. what do you feel when you hear the word family? (cold, warm, pleasant, hot, freezing, etc.)
2. how do you perceive the notion family? (good, bad, distructive, close, etc.)
3. how do you imagine a family? (mom, dad, kids, pets, etc.)
4. how would you define a family? (union of loving people, etc.)
Add please your age, gender, occupation/major at school. I need just the general idea, you shouldn't write about your family. Few words on each of my 4 questions:)

Please don't think too much while answering the questions. The whole research is rather complicated. It's not easy to explain the procedure. I just need you to answer my questions and then I'll do the rest. Thanks for answering.

Answer 1

1. warm and secure
2. good and close
3.mom, dad, kids, pets, relatives (aunts, uncles, cousins)
4. a partenership between people of a close ancestry.

age 22, female, biology major

Answer 2

Every family is different; to ask someone to write about "American familes" without talking about their own family is a little simplistic. We don't all have the same sort of family any more than any other country or culture. I could write about an ideal family - but it wouldn't be very realistic and probably not very accurate. Perhaps it would help if you told us what sort of research you're doing.

Answer 3

1. Good, respectful
2. Good: close, controlled, proper and loving authority
3. The ideal basic family is mom and dad with kids. Pets can be nice but optional.
4. Man and woman, married, for life.

46, male, software engineer

Answer 4

1. Cozy
2. Good and bad. At times can be destructive, other times quite comforting
3. People who you are close to regardless if they are related to you AND people who are related to you
4. Circle of people who care for you (even when you're not so pleasant to be around)

Age: 33
Gender: Female
Occupation: School employee

Answer 5

properly, i'm white and that i think of if human beings could particularly with the race, nationality, colour, creed, labels the international could be alot greater advantageous off. while ever i'm asked what race i'm, my responce is human. even although, i don't think of there is any woman alive, sexier than an excellent finding black woman. and that's not a label, that's a discription.

Answer 6

1. Home
2. Disfunctional
3. mom, dad, pets
4. Union of respectful, loving, non-abusive related people.

25 yo
F
College- RN/BSN