Relationships and Rules

I never really thought about all of the little relationships in my family, the subsets.  As I look at my family now and examine our relationships with each other, I realize that there are a lot of subsets.  But subsets aren't always good, are they?  What if two or more people in the family are in a subset against another member of the family, say the kids against mom and dad?  Sometimes subsets can be good, but there may sometimes be a bad side to them.  Just some food for thought.  I also never really thought about how many unspoken rules there were in my family.  It's crazy to think about how many unspoken rules a family may have and what those rules may be about.  I love learning about all of the different aspects of the family, especially the one's I never knew even existed!