in Latino culture, is family bond considered strong or weak?

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Sloanfesta

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I notice that in latino culture, they stress the importance of "la familia." They do have a strong extended family connection (aunts, uncles, cousins, ect.).

But it seems they have a weak immediate family connection. Half the latino families seems to consists of a single mother in which the wherabouts of the father is unknown.

The other half where there is a husband, the husband is usually a player and see other women. (I know this because I'm friends with a lot of the husbands).

So does the family bond only apply to extended families in the culture?
 
puerto ricans tend to be dysfunctional but every other latino seems to have strong or average fam bonds.

If you talk crap about someones cousin the whole fam wants to jump you type of shii.
 
Not all latin families fall into the two categories that you are projecting. Latin families usually have a strong extended bond because in our culture the mothers usually try to keep their family together even when they've grown up. I keep in touch with my mother and grandmother on a daily basis and they usually let me know (even if I don't want to know ) what's going on in everyone else's life. If someone is having a problem the matriarch will try to help or get another family member to help thats how we keep our "extended bond". I have noticed that in some families the woman is seen as the overseer of the children and the men usually have free range. I dislike this way of living because it gives men way too much free time. This is a "macho" tendency that some women will live by while others don't to each his own world, but I see it as a 50-50 responsibility.
But I do see your point that in some families the extended bond seems to be stronger than the close family bond in some instances but in my case my world is my husband and son, and most families in my extended families stick with each other. There is one family that is completely broken up because the parents are both immature. In that case my whole (extended family) chips in to help the raise the children because their parents wont step up to the plate. I hope that kinda answered your question and that you realize that no family falls into a cookie cutter mold.
 
Its just like any family.
Some have strong bonds Some dont.
You dont have a strong bond just because your latino ,all people is that way it depends on the family.
I mean dont whites invite cousins and auns and uncles too, and black people do too no?.sheesh.
Im latino and I have a strong bond with my mothers side of the family I know everybody, however my fathers side are ASSHOLES no relation there hardly any zero.
 
Traditionally in Latin American societies family was everything. Family was a priority and a source of happiness and comfort. The way they saw it, the more the merrier and in hard times they still had each other. This attitude is still exhibited all over Latin America and the U.S..

Recently however, the Latino emphasize on family is beginning to fall apart. Latino couples are divorcing and splitting up at record rates. Many Latino children even grow up with out fathers now. This has produced a generation of unstable and unhappy Latino youths.
 
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