To help you become aware of your family rules, roles, patterns, traditions, and norms considers the following questions. If you are not comfortable talking about your family pick a family that you know about. Discuss the topics that could not be talked about openly in your family and with whom could you not talk about certain topics. Cite examples. Discuss what family members you talked to about serious matters. Explain the role of culture in your family communication. Cite examples. Discuss the communications patterns in your family. Discuss who set the rules, who was allowed to initiate a conversation, was conversations open and the rules about eye contact.