Family Secrets, By Lauren Fagan

I feel that all families hide secrets from the out side world. Every family wants to display a certain image and most families have something wrong with them. Or a secret that might bruise the family image. So in order to keep that image up they hide things from other people. That is human nature thought, isn’t it? I believe that you never truly know a person , what they are thinking or capable of, families are the same way. There is always something wrong some kind of drama, and most people try to cover it up, because who wants to be the person with the messed up family? The answer would be no one. After all our society is based on the perfect image.
Now for the thought, do I feel family secrets are a good thing? Well it all depends on the secret. I feel that the whole world does not have a right to be in my business all the time or anyone else’s. I do feel though that if a person is in harms way, such as Rebecca, then other people should know about it and take an active role in trying to help that person. I do not feel that Rebecca’s parents were quick enough in taking an active role in getting away from Pasion. Even though Rebecca did continually go back to him, and she did not want her parents involved, people can not always see what is best for them.
I think that when it comes to secrets like Rebecca and Pasion, people do hide more than they should. No one wants the whole world to know that their husband or wife is being abusive, or the children are being abused. But in cases like this people should know, or the authorities. They should know because it is a dangerous situation and people in this situation need help before they get seriously hurt or in really bad situations get killed.
Overall I feel that some secrets that are not life threatening are fine to keep hidden because not everyone should know everyone else’s business. In the cases of danger though, then the family secrets should be told in order to protect anyone who might get hurt.