Bott-Nastacio

I thought that the concept of doing empirical studies of ordinary families was really interesting. Who really knows what "ordinary" actually means? I think my family is normal and ordinary however, I know I have told my friends stories before and they think my family is crazy but to me thats normal. However, the way in which Bott has described "ordinary" simply means that the research team went to find them It was also interesting to note that there was a couple in the study who didn't want their neighbors to know because they thought that their neighbors might think that there was something wrong with them, even though they are considered an "ordinary" family. It seems as if family dynamics and connectedness comes from how different families deal with different situations and not just from a single variable.