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