This moving chronicle of one family coping with violence, teenage pregnancy, and school failure mirrors the struggles of families in embattled urban communities all over the country. In that movie, family members are Cisco Santiago, his sister Rosa Cruz, her husband Benny Cruz, her daughter Elena Castro and son Luis Castro from her previous marriage. I could not see any bond with Rosa and her children Elena and Luis. They were not following rules like us. They lived independently and they did not want any suggestion from them. I did not see any strength of their family. I think the family was not organized. Their microsystem, mesosystem, Exosystem and macrosystem were not strong to hold each other and attract each other into the family. In my family, I have to listen to my parents, follow rules and norms. I have learned from my family everything. So, I believe that they did not maintain their family like this. I did not know that family’s can be like that.
Based on the movie we saw, I think the family was not in control by the guardians. Because Elena saw her mother and could not accept him as dad made her not caring about relationships and not understanding clearly the bond between the mother and a child relationship who married another man. Their social skill was not good enough to tie each other. Her step father looked like he tried his best but I do not think