All families differ. I wish I had been brought up in a truly Christian home, but mom did make us go to church and I stayed with it. My siblings didn’t, to their sorrow. Two died from alcohol-related illnesses and cancer. Without Christ, how do any of us really survive??? God’s grace has certainly been sufficient for me.
Of course. I was just trying to demolish the stereotype of the Italian family. They are very family-reputation-conscious and do not show to strangers what really is there. And it's not always pretty.