As a middle-schooler, my dad and I often got into theological discussions. I was an inquisitive kid (who would grow up to study theology in college and graduate school) and he was studying theology in a lay ministry formation program. It was my dad who first told me about the analogy between the family and the Trinity.
Of course, it is a far from perfect analogy, for many reasons. It is merely an illustration for some aspects of the mystery of the Trinitarian relationship.
The Family…