Brandon's+Oral

Hi my name is Brandon-lee, and I, like some of you, live my life in what society may call a broken family. A broken family is where your parents split up and choose to lead separate lives. That may be all well and good for them but what about us children? What happens to us? Are any of you like? Has this had a positive or negative impact for you? Well I’m here to tell you my side of the story, which fortunately has a positive side. I live with my mom and step dad and my real dad lives in Australia. I am an only child to my dad but I have two brothers from my mum’s side and two sisters from my step dad’s side. The advantages of this is that I get to play with my brothers and sisters within my every day life, but when visiting my dad I can have one on one time as an only child. At home I live my life the same way you do. Go to school, play sports, have family outings. My mum and step dad are very supportive with everything I choose to do. My mum and step dad make me feel loved and encourage me to do my best within my life path. Does this sound normal to you yeah well it pretty much is. I like you get angry at them from time to time, I like you argue and fight with my brothers and sisters but then there’s the other side of my life, my dad. My dad lives in Brisbane. I go over to see him about once a year. We always have fun! Like I said before we get a lot of alone time where we watch TV or a movie or sometimes we just talk about life, but it isn’t always fun. Just like any other parent he has to go to work. I always have lots of places to go, but my favourite is my uncle Tukare’s. On sunny days we usually go down to the local field and play kicks or walk around the block a couple of times, but on rainy days we’d stay inside and watch movies or play the PS2. I always enjoy myself there and then we have to go home. When me and my dad both have holidays on the same week’s we like to go camping or visit some theme parks. We also spend a lot of time at the beach. So as you can see our time together is special and creates a lot of good memories. So In conclusion life for me in a broken family isn’t as bad as many people may think it is because I get a good stable, loving and caring family life but I also get to go to many places and experience new things that many other children my age may not get to do. As a result for this no I don’t think that living in a broken family isn’t a bad thing, I see it as an opportunity and also in a way a gift. So to all those people who feel sorry for me for having a broken family and wish that I had better, don’t because I love my life the way it is.
 * __ Society thinks living in a broken family is bad for children. I disagree __**

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