My family consists of differing ethnic origins. My grandparents for example were born and raised in Scotland and Wales respectively, my stepdad was born and raised in Brittain whereas my mother was born and raised in South Africa. This made growing up rather interesting because the European ways were not always acceptable here at home in South Africa. 

My Grand parents mostly viewed the world as that with traditional roles and responsibilities although outside of the home my grandmother worked in a male dominated field. She would cook and do housework while mu grandfather would tend to maintaining the property and yard. This was very different to my home situation as my stepdad was the one that did the housework, cooking and yard work while my mother was driven by career goals. 

Religion and religious practices was not something we practiced in our household, but we were taught that if someone expressed their religion or beliefs to respect it regardless of our personal thoughts or feelings. it was not until i reached high school that i actually realised how many religions there were in the world and find it quite fascinating learning and discovering more about them.

Also while growing up I was taught to not show much emotion and we did not talk much about our emotions with each other, which is kind of ironic as I am going into psychology as a profession. I have never in my life seen my dad or grandfather cry which was why when i saw my husband cry for the first time I had no idea how to act as it was a very foreign thing to me. 

Today i know it is not healthy to keep your emotions bottled up and everyone should have the right to express themselves no matter what.