Do you really believe there is a so called "black sheep" in every family?

I like what you said in this line: The black sheep may not really mean that they are terrible but perhaps the most misunderstood. To me a black sheep is such a derogatory label we place on someone who may just be a little different. When we start looking at him differently and start looking for something good I'm sure we'll get to see something good in him/her. And that's a good start to helping him/her to maximize his/her potentials. Calling someone a black sheep might just demotivate and only serve to push him/her further into a vicious cycle of self fulfilling prophecy.

no.. there is no such thing as that. the color may be black but lets see the other side . the chance was not given or the things that crosses his path may not turn his good side. in the end the people who may be called black may have the goodside, lets find both the good and bad, and do not concentrate on bad side alone.

Actually in our family there is. There are four siblings. Three of us live on budgets and have no money issues. My oldest sister does. Three of us are musically inclined....she isn't....three of us enjoy the same sports like golfing....she doesn't. She is exactly opposite of us. I love her to pieces and she isn't really someone who does anything terrible either...she is just way different from the rest of us!

I actually don't agree with the statement of every family has a black sheep. I have seen families where every single child is amiable and achieve not only in academics but in sport and literature aswell. I guess its up to the standards set by the parents. An academic family would say their child is a blacksheep if he/she pursues a field in say physical education or manual labour jobs. A family who is sporty would probably shun someone who turns out to love poetry and pursue a career in poetry. So I guess its the views of the parents that determine the validity of this statement.

Yes I actually do believe that in every family their is a black sheep me I would be considered the nicest child that would do anything for mom and dad and then my brother who is not so perfect, but not bad since he plays sports and then their is my sister who does not even care about my mom and dad because she does not even talk to them and I am serious on this, but I have a feeling that when mom and dad pass away which I don't want that to come, but when that happens I know that she will not care because she only cares for herself. I have no idea why she is like that, but she is easily angered and my mom and dad have never done anything wrong I mean she is like the one in the house hold that does absolutley nothing she doesn't help with cleaning, cooking, nothing I feel like she thinks that she can just be lazy while everybody does everything else, but I feel that mom and dad should have her out of the house when she turns 18 because she does nothing and not talking to ones parents well that ain't good either.It's actually really sad my poor mom and dad they have worked so hard and have raised her and I guess she does not care and shows no respect to them because she will always be saying those bad words and just lying around.

Yes, I believe that. Maybe some are not really bad (maybe they just do not really care) but others are so bad that causing a great pain to the family.

Black sheep is the name given to the child who causes the most trouble in the family. It's wrong to think that they don't love their family. Very wrong. Most of the time I think the black sheep is the child that needs more attention and understanding than the others...through no fault of their own I might add. They are basically looking for attention and by attention I really mean love and affection.

I do personally. One of my school friends did things to cause this shadow, I think most families do. I know my brother has a somewhat dark past, as he tends to quit work very easily as he appears to not be bothered. I know of a very hard working guy, who's brother goes prison at least twice every five years for some very silly. I've never met a perfect family, where nobody as a dark secret or have a relative who as a dodgy side.

I am the blacksheep in my family. I always get against everybody, i always get in trouble.

yeah i think so. sooner or later a family is bound to have some black sheep(s) in their family. still for the most part i don't think this is the case. really it comes down to the parents and how they raise their children. bad parents are more likely to have bad kids. a black sheep like you suggested though doesn't have to be bad. they could just be quite the opposite in personality as well as what they prefer.

i do not think so that there is always a black sheep in a family. there are many families that have their sons and daughters successful in career and life in general. because black sheeps as they are called get attention, we oftentimes think that they must be present everywhere. i like your definition of black sheeps. they are not really bad, or most probably they are just misunderstood. well, it may be true, but it does not give them the right to dispute their parents and be bad as most black sheeps do.

i believe it. i have one here in my family. i know it is not comfort being the black sheep, but sometimes we can't deny our role in the family.

I think so. I think its a normal thing in the family that someone really is a black sheep but of course it depends on how you are going to define what a black sheep is. In my family, I thought there was none but I think its my brother.

I beleive there are black sheeps in each and every family.Some or the other person will create problems for his or her family.You will find nuicanses going on in each and every family.Parents of boys are the biggest nuicanses.They discriminate between rich and a reasonable less richer sons and ill treat the poor son and daughter in laws and appreciate richer son and daughter in law to degrade and disrespect poor son and daughter in law.I have seen in my surroundings thats why Iam writing this.Parents specially mothers should teach each and every son to be neutral and down to earth but mother of the guys are full of lust for money and they create differnces between their own sons on the basis of money.This is very harsh reality.

Yes. Your talking about me. Not that im bad but that i was the one who would leave home to move far away. The outcast of the family. I always felt less loved. The middle child. The black sheep.

I believe there is always black sheep in every family. Not only in the family but at every place such as workplace, classes, families.. every part of social group there will always be black sheep.

I think there are only "black sheeps" in huge families, cause in families with a few members everyone will be closer and have an easier time getting along. Personally, I'm the black sheep of my family. I'm not close to any of my cousins, and I hate some of my aunts and uncles. I really rather not see any of them (except maybe my grandmother, who I love so much) cause they always make me feel so left out.

....i don't think so, everyone is different and their personality and traits will differ from each person point of view and judgement...there might be someone who will standout among everyone else or someone in the family who is more hardheaded, but i don't think referring to him as black sheep is really appropriate, he is different than everyone else alright, but we too are different from everyone else...that's my own opinion about it..=)

I do believe there are black sheep in the family. But not every family have black sheep.

I believe in it also. My brother also treated me as the black sheep of our family since we were really not that close. But then my sisters told me that he's the black sheep of our family. I did not considered my self as a black sheep because I was the one who give's everything for the sake of our family. But then being a black sheep doesn't imply that your are bad. But your the one that is being misunderstood always.