Independence..??

Americans have different values than other cultures do. We read an article called "The Values Americans Live By", and it classified 13 general values that Americans live by. By reading this article I have realized how different American values are from other cultures. We also just started watching Tuesdays with Morrie, and I saw how Mitch fit into several of the American values listed in the article. Some of his values were time and its control, work orientation, and success. Mitch is a workaholic and puts work before anything else. He is contently worrying about work. There are some values I can also apply to myself. For example independence.  I have always felt like I have to grow up to be independent; that dependency on someone is a bad things. I hear it mostly from my dad that he wants me to grow up to being an independence women and just to "do me". I hear it from my mom also she'll say "to never dependence on a man".  The only people my parents think we can depend on is our families. I never got it because don't I grow up to having a family of own one day, doesn't that mean I have to depend on someone? I never really got it but maybe i well once i get a little older.