Family

Almost everything in the world changes over time, many things change for the good as we learn more about how to handle certain things. Many times change is good, as time goes on we tend to improve on many aspects of life as we learn what works and is healthy and what may not be the best practices. Parenting is no different, in many ways the way we in our society look at parenting has improved, we have better practices and overall outcomes, for the most part, that is. In the article titled "The Collapse of Parenting" by Cathy Gulli, she discusses how parenting has changed in more negative ways. Although parents intentions have greatly improved in recent years, they're slightly misguided. More than ever, parents want to please their children and avoid any conflict when possible, while the intentions may be good, part of parenting is encountering conflict. In order to teach children and raise them to be well adapted, I would even say it's important to encounter conflic

The importance of Fathers isn't something that is often talked about in our society today and honestly, that makes me really sad. Before coming to college and taking the many classes I have focused on children, I never really considered or even thought of what makes having a father around so important. For this post, I googled this topic and found two sources that I think made some really great points in highlighting the importance of fathers. The first one from Psychology Today mentions some differences we can see in children who have present fathers versus those who don't. Even from birth, children who have an involved father are more likely to be emotionally secure, be confident to explore their surroundings, and, as they grow older, have better social connections than those who don't. The page also mentioned how children with involved, caring fathers also have better educational outcomes. Another source I found was focusonthefamily.com. This source mentioned the differe

Communication is key in any type of relationship and can be quite complicated. Communication is defined by the language and nonverbal signs to convey something between two or more people, it seems pretty straightforward but what can make communication so complicated is how we think to communicate can be completely different than how someone else would choose to communicate. How we communicate and how we even listen to others can vary from person to person making understanding communication and listing patterns very important in any relationship. Nonverbal Communication  It is impossible not to communicate, even silence is a form of communication. By not talking to someone about something or not talking to them all together is in a way sending the other person a message. Words are only a part of communication, just as important is the way we express those words or no words, It is even estimated that nonverbal cues make up anywhere from 50 to 80% of our communication. Nonverbal commun

Everyone experiences stress in their life, nobody is excused from stress, it's apart of life. Many different aspects of life or different events can cause stress and how we each respond to the stress is different for everyone. Stress can affect a family just like it can affect an individual and how the family handles the stressful event can be affected by many factors. A lot of the times stress can feel like it never stops, just keeps getting worse, or just piles up. How we react to a stressor has a lot to do with what else may be going on in our life at the time of the event. For example, when little stressors that could be fairly easy to deal with by themselves could be a lot harder to handle and affects how we react to the stressors when those little stressors all happen a once. Another factor could be one big stressor happening right after another, leaving you with little time in between stressful events. Research done by Pauline Boss in 2001 shows that families in crisis are

How we handle sex education in the US has made some made some huge advancements in the past decade and has made some big changes in our society. In the past decade, teen pregnancy has gone down by 28%, which is an incredible accomplishment but there is definitely still more that can be done. As important as a good sex education is, teens shouldn't just be learning about the health risks and the actual act of sexual intimacy but also how to achieve a successful relationship. It's time to go beyond just the current health-based curriculum and start to teach more about overall relationships as well. Teens learn about everything from biology, how to reduce pregnancy and how to avoid sexually transmitted diseases but then are taught nothing about relationships themselves. It's an incredibly missed opportunity at a chance to really educate teenagers on what makes and healthy relationship and what factors do not. Teaching topics such as how to effectively communicate and manage

Why Do People Marry? For the most part, this is a pretty simple answer, but there are still quite a few things that influence people to get married. The first major influence would be the simple need for intimacy. When you get married its usually after you’ve found someone that you deeply love, and that fulfills your social needs. Another reason many people marry is because of the expectations set by the culture around them. In some cultures, its expected that you marry and if you don’t there may be some negative attitudes toward you. I found this in my life quite often actually, not so much in a negative way yet but every time I go home many people will ask if I have been dating or if I have any ‘prospects’ and the question of when I will get married comes up often in my family. In our society, there is definitely an expectation to get married. Types of Couples It’s pretty much common knowledge that there are many different types of couples, no one couple will have the ex

If you know me, you know how much I hate dating. Ever since my first date I've hated the whole experience, it's awkward, stressful, and just overall not fun. I've been very successful in avoiding it for the past couple years and I honestly don't mind that everyone around me is going on multiple dates and I'm not. During my first semester at BYU-Idaho I had a friend that would go on a date every weekend, usually with a different guy each time, and that sounded absolutely exhausting to me. The idea of having to show off your best self every weekend is horrible to me and I would much rather be by myself in my room binge-watching Netflix. Of course, I know this is not the best and it's probably not the healthiest to be by myself so often but my past experiences have been exhausting and completely draining that even after just one date I'll go on a dating hiatus for months. So what are we even doing when we go out and date? It's obvious to many that we're