Family

This week’s discussion was on how our society generally approaches dating and the effects of that approach on us. When people start dating they have two options for how they want to proceed. One is to start by casually dating people and going on dates with many different people. The second is to date someone exclusively. There are ups and downs to both of these basic systems and it is ultimately up to each of us what system we are going to use. I personally think that it is important to be able to use both systems that when you start dating. That you go out with different people to help widen your perspective of people and their different personalities. The reason I think this is a good way to start is to help us remember that just because they paid attention to us does not mean that they are the only person who will. It gives us the opportunity to learn about those we meet and show an interest in what they like and after doing that then start looking for a serious relationship. Just w...

In class this week we discussed several topics, but the one that I will discuss today is on the differences between men and women. There is this idea that equality not only means that males and females have the same rights, but that this also somehow means that they can do everything just as proficiently as the other gender in all circumstances. This idea of equality that men and women are the same with the exact same attributes and that they can do as well as the other is both interesting and harmful to our society. It ignores the idea that differences are what make us great. Men and women are different. They have different ways of handling situations and of pursuing different activities. It is important that when these differences are discussed that it is realized that the generalizations and stereotypes used in our discussing patterns have been seen over and over again they do not accurately portray every individual person. It is interesting to note that these patterns of action...

This week my class discussed the effect of social class on families. This was an interesting topic and a good reminder of how much my family has been blessed. My family is not ultra-rich or nor is it poor, in reality, my family’s situation in life is such that my mom was able to stay home and be there to help and teach her kids. In fact, she valued being able to spend time with her children so much she decided when we moved to California that she was going to try homeschooling. She did this in part because as the oldest in her family she remembered her younger siblings coming home doing their school work and not having time for anything else before they went to bed The social class that children grow up in is not something that they can really get away from. Though people can overtime move out of the class they are born into, but even if they do so it takes many years for them to better understand the rules for the different classes and more time for them to be able to fully u...

Over this week through our discussion of the family, in my class, we learned about the importance of managing conflict in a healthy way and how this can benefit the marriage and not detract. I found it interesting when we talked about the importance of not discussing marriage problems and conflicts with friends outside of marriage. It is important and helpful to receive help, but there are certain situations when conflicts should not be discussed with friends, but with your spouse.   Conflict is a part of life, it happens! I argue with my siblings over silly things and even my parents get frustrated over something that the other does. Conflict does happen. It would be impossible to completely ignore it. From my experiences, people look at conflict as a bad thing, as something to be avoided. I did not know that there were good ways to handle conflict and I learned some ways of dealing with it that I had never thought about. I know that I don’t like conflict. It make...

   Hello, dear reader, this week my fellow classmates and I studied family trends can impact the family and the world-wide trends on having fewer children. I come from a family of eight, with my parents and five siblings which has been lots of fun over the years. Sometimes we can aggravate each other and other times we can make something average turn into a blast.  Throughout the world, since the generation that is called the baby boomers, people have become afraid that we would destroy the earth because our population had increased a lot in a very short period of time. A part of this concern came from the book The Population Bomb by Paul R. Ehrlich. A concern he had was that starvation would become a big problem because of the large number of people. It became a worldwide concern that by having children the increased population would hurt the environment and there would not be enough resources for future generations. The idea that through having children we are...