There is a fidelity and righteousness that is about faithful, open, honest, responsible and caring action in relation to all in the household. Trust, respect, loyalty, flexibility, and love give order and meaning to such a household and all its members. The Common Family True family is not solely flesh and blood. It is not birth and blood lines that make persons family to each other, though birth into a social unit helps make one part of a family. A larger component is the mutual elements of living held in common.
Common experience is one of the primary components of the family unit.
The participation in events and situations gives the people in this unit a bond that they share with no other. They experience each others action and reaction to the many circumstances of each day. As these experiences accumulate they become a reservoir of identity that gives the individual an understanding of self and a sense of character and purpose in the context of the family unit. Common interests is a result of the shared experiences that these folks have known. There develops a pattern of concern that may or may not be spoken that works to give life or to sustain it for the participants in the family unit.