Wikipedia states that “a relationship is normally viewed as
a connection between individuals (Wikipedia, 2010)”. Mostly all relationships are Interpersonal. Interpersonal relationships generally refer
to the relationships formed in families, friends, work, club organizations,
religion and intimate partners.
While I am the youngest in a family of three brothers and
four sisters I am not that close to any of them. I attribute this to my siblings being 3 years
apart in age and there is a thirteen year difference between myself and my
sister who was the youngest before I was born.
But despite the lack of immediate closeness between myself and my
siblings we all know if something is wrong with the other are have each other
in a time of great need.
Besides the bond I have with my children, I do have a few
friends in which I are close with and are like family to me. I have a very close friend named Monica with
whom I went to junior high school with, Melissa who started out as a parent in
my child care program, and have re-connected with my ex-husband.
While Monica and I went to the same junior high school we
were not friends, we did not become friends until we worked together 10 years ago
and have become best friends. Melissa is
like a sister to me, we have been friends for the past 17 years and are the god
parents to each other’s children, her family is like my family and my family is
like hers. Our friendship started when I
attended her child’s birthday party and we just kind of become friends from
that point on. My Ex-husband and I
reconnected and grew closer after we divorced.
I meet him when I was 18 years old at my job’s Christmas party and we
were together for four years before I had our son and three years later we had a
daughter, two years after that we got married.
After six years of marriage we divorced and two years after the divorced
we started talking again and have been together ever since.
No matter what type of relationship you develop with a person
it is work to maintain it. Whether it is
a family, friends, or intimate relationships they are require you to remember
that sometimes you have to not get too involved in the personal affairs a
person has. The only thing you can do as
a friend is to listen and offer advice when it is sought.
I think that every relationship that is made is made with
its own unique boundaries. As an early
childhood professional the same must be done in an effort of having a working
relationship this is productive and provides the child the best possible
experiences.
References
Wkipedia, (2010). Interpersonal
Relationship. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpersonal_relationship
Hi Quandra,
ReplyDeleteI was waiting to read your post. luckily I had subscribed to your blog from the previous class. I don't see it in the blog links forum. Nice share about the relations you have with family and with reconnecting with your ex husband..I can relate to that. Also I am the youngest of five and there is a gap in the three older ones with my older sister and I by thirteen years. That makes me closer to my older sister than my older siblings. But family and family and I do stay connected to them even though we are miles apart from one another. Thanks for sharing your story, very interesting.