Daddy is the ‘hunter’, mummy is the ‘gatherer’. Throughout the human history, the roles of the members of the family don’t change very rapidly. It still has some similarities and in our family structures, even today, the father has the role of doing the hard works to be able to nurture his children, and the mother is the one who ‘gather the life’ of her children. While she is carrying her baby, she is preparing a future for her baby. This might be considered as that the father is the authority of the family, since he is the one to connect the family to the outside world. In my family, I can’t really say that my father is the only and the exact authority, although he is a very strong character, because he doesn’t give the decisions about all of us without asking to or taking advices from my mother. Also when they are planning to do something for the family, like a trip or something else, they are coming to me and my brother and telling about their plan. Although me and my brother, we both don’t seem like we have the right for objection, we, who are the fruits of the marriage and love, are the ones, whom they are giving their decisions according to.
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Nice version of democracy in the family sphere!