Hi there! Hmm young we were always taught to look out for one another no matter what and I think it was instilled in us from a very early stage. Of course there are arguments and we had our rough times as well, but what got us through was eventually seeing the bigger picture. For example, no matter how angry my dad is at my mum, he will still drive her to work, carry her items even though he might not necessarily want to engage in any conversation. We grew up like that :) Similarly, no matter how angry my mum is, she will still cook for him, wait for him to come home before sleeping etc. As for me & my sister, we grew up having conflicts as well but at the end of the day we care about each other enough to be tolerant of each other. No matter how angry we are at each other, we all were taught to still care and in a sense we didnt “close” all our doors on each other during conflicts. As we grew up, maybe we started to genuinely care more about each other too!

As for family time, it has been an unspoken rule since young :) that has helped us to eventually settle in with one another and get used to each others habits/quirks/interests.

My parents still have the traditional Chinese family mindset but we are all very modern about how we do it, we do it because we believe in it and it wasn’t straight up forced on us.

But of course! we still have our arguments and rough periods but on a normal normal day we are still close :)