week 6

This week we talked about marriage. I would say that marriage is a wonderful thing and it does take work. It was interesting to learn about how I can communicate better when I am married and have children. I think it is good advance to talk things over before you are married so that you come to a understanding of how things will be. I also think that it is good to work on communication and problem solving skills before you get married so that each of you can be open and understanding of the other person. I thought it was very nice to learn to how to communicate well in a marriage and to be open with my future spouse so that we can have good talking skills. I am grateful for parents that can show me how to make a marriage work and to work together to help lighten each person's load. Marriage is a wonderful thing and it is a amazing thing. It does take work but it is well worth the effort. I am grateful that I have wonderful examples in my life to help me understand how I can make a marriage work through the hard and good times. I have also come to find that as I am willing to work to at preparing myself for marriage I can become the best person I can be for my future husband and family. I also think that it is a good idea to make sure that I am willing to make things work and to understand that it does take work.

Dating week 5

This week I have learned about the importance of dating. I have learned that it is important to do a variety of different dates and to date a variety of people to understand what I really what in a spouse. It is interesting to see how dating as changed over the years like over the years people used to go on lots of dates with many people. Now it seems like people date a few people and if they are  going to date it seems like one date can u could be boyfriend and girlfriend. It is also interesting to see that sometimes people have ideas about what dating is.

gender roles - week four

This week I have learned about the different roles that males and females have. It was interesting to learn about how different boys and girls are and even if you give each child the same toy like a car or a doll they may or may not play it. I have learned that even if boys like more girlish toys or girls liking more boy things it is fine just let them and even play along with them to spend time and to help build those relationships. Sometimes by playing with different toys it allows the child to learn to be caring , thoughtful, good communication, or being good at nurturing. I think we should embrace the differences of men and women and help those different characteristic work together in helping strengthen a family.  It is interesting to me to see how even now how roles have changed in families with both the dad and mom sharing to doing the house work or  helping with children and supporting the family. 

something learned for october 4

Last week in class I learned about the different roles in the family there are. For example I have grown up my dad being the main provider for the family and my mother being a stay at home mom helping managing the family money helping with homework and doing laundry among other things. I think I was the peacemaker in my home for the most part trying to help everyone get along with each other. As I have grown up over the years it is interesting to see how my brother and sisters have decided how they would raise their families. Also it was cool to see how my dad would help with dishes or doing chores along with trying to be the main provider.  I also think how each family is different and have their own ways of doing things in their families like maybe the mom works awhile the dad stays home or sometimes you can find both parents working together to provide for the family. I also find how over time the roles of men and women have changed over the years and I have come to find that parents work together to get everything done that needs to be done. My opinion for raising my own family in the future would be that my husband would be the main provider but if need to I would gladly help out with  helping to provide for the family  and get a job , but if I could I would love to stay home and take care of my children.

family relations something learned

In family relations we have talked about cultures and how different things in your cultures influence who we become and how we think and act. Also the environment that we are influences who we are and we react to things. It is amazing to think how the way we grow up makes who we are today.  When things happen that change roles in the family like money problems or someone a parent dies it changes how things get done and how the family works together to make sure everyone as their basic needs meet. It was interesting to learn about and how people learn to combined