I met with my informants separately this week and asked questions about their family lives. My 18 year old grew up in Great Meadows, NJ and she has 2 bothers, Jason 24 and Christopher 23 who is in the army. She looks up to her brother Chris and his wife Gwen who is also in the army. She speaks very highly of him and her mother who is very involved in church and social activities. She does not get along very well with her other brother Jason and does not speak to her father since her parents got a divorce in 2006. She said she used to be very close to her father and became very depressed after he left the family. She used the words "daddy's girl" to describe her past relationship with her father.

My 19 year old informant grew up in Brick Town, NJ and she has 2 brothers Adam 28 and Michael 23. Bother of her brothers moved to Hawaii in 2004 but Mike moved back home after breaking his hand and having numerous operations. So right now she lives with Mike and he mom and dad who are still happily married. In high school she did not get along with her brother Mike but she says now that she is close to both of her brothers. She has always been close to her mom except for what she said was the embarrassing years of middle school and in middle school and high school she did not get along with her dad because he was going through religious changes that she did not agree with. She gets along with both of her parents fine now. She has 2 pets a dog Kenzie and a cat Snickers.

The next time I meet with my informants I am going to ask them about their rooms when they were younger since I have seen their rooms currently. I have tried to get them to make a myspace or a blog but I am not having any luck