Who is the boss of your home???

In the business world, you have a CEO, CFO, Marketing Director, Sales managers, human resource officers and a host of assistants and lackey personnel to do the grunt work. This pecking order is essential to make sure that responsibilities are divided equally, that everyone has a specific responsibility and that duties are performed with precision. If the pecking order becomes askew, businesses can fail. Interestingly, in a family we don’t give names or have such a strict structure in place. At least not obviously. Saying that one person is the boss, or one person is in charge of the family would definitely put a damper on the interpersonal relationships. After all, within a family we strive for equality and mutual respect. The reality however, is that each person within every family DOES have a specific role. And while the boundaries or descriptions may be ‘lightly defined’ or even not spoke allowed – there likely is a boss. This begs to ask the question, “Who is the boss in your family?” And more importantly, should there be a boss? Or does one person taking control throw off the balance of mutual respect and equality in a family?