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Drama: December 25, 2019 Issue [#9929]




 This week: The Black Sheep
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The black sheep is often a source of drama within family units.


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Do you differ significantly from the rest of your family in ...

*Box* values or lifestyle
*Box* professional/educational attainment
*Box* religious, philosophical and personal values
*Box* political affiliation

Do you have a history of ...

*Box* criminal conduct & run-ins with law enforcement
*Box* substance abuse
*Box* financial issues
*Box* addictions
*Box* mental illness
*Box* unstable relationships
*Box* ongoing conflicts with multiple relatives
*Box* long periods of unemployment

If you can check one or more of the boxes above, then you are likely the black sheep of your family. When families gather around the holiday table for the traditional feast, there is typically one person who does not fit the family mold. They have deviated from the set morals, finding their own path. Whether their deviation is negative or positive is often a matter of perspective.

On a positive note, the black sheep can often be the hero, depending on which viewpoint you are spectating from. They are typically independent thinkers who do not follow the herd, which means they can be the leaders towards change. Whether it is a strict religious upbringing or political viewpoint they are rejecting, they bring about newer perspectives.

On a negative note, the black sheep can be a hindrance to other family members if they are constantly needing to be bailed out or are in constant need of emotional support. Typically, for such a family member, there is a psychological reason for their issues, and sometimes family guilt continues to enable their behaviors. This cycle continues until the family uses tough love or the black sheep decides to separate from those that enable them in order to better themselves.

Sometimes being the black sheep is simply genetic. Often times children are treated as such due to the actions of their parents. This was the case with me. On my father's side of the family, they hold very puritanical values due to all of them being Southern Baptists. Because of how they felt about my mother, who once caused them a lot of pain and grief, I became grouped in with her. No matter how good my grades were or how much I tried to conform to their ways, I was labeled the bad kid.

Or just maybe, that was only my perspective and this was not what went on within the family unit at all. As humans, we experience life from one perspective -our own. As writers, we attempt to experience life through the perspective of others. No matter what perspective you decide to write from, the black sheep is an important aspect of any family drama.











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