Over my life time which hasn't been long divorce rates have increase a great deal. Some ideas that were mentioned were lack of communication in the spousal relationship, and how to raise there family, finances, and many more. We also learned that the majority of couples that are divorced after two years usually get remarried and with that they regret getting a divorce in the first place and wished that they would have tried to work harder on there first marriage. I am not saying that this is always the case but striving to work on it by meeting with a family therapist and maybe other people to help you work through this hard time. I am great full for these
As parents we have a responsibility to teach our children but before we can teach our children we need to have our own foundation. These are some of the things that we as parents should understand so that we can teach our children: finances (budgeting), communication, living your beliefs, and being good a citizen of the country you are in, and etc. We focused on our purpose as a parent and this is the list: transmit values and traditions, teach about God, practice and develop Godly qualities, becoming refined, emotional and physical protection, learning opportunities, contribute, and sacred duties. We also looked at the word response-ability- the ability to respond to what someone has said. I love looking at the word in this way because I believe that as parents we have the obligation to respond to our spouse and also to our children. I am looking forward to the time that I can be responsible to my spouse and to my children
We learned that you never stop communicating, meaning that when you don't speak you are communicating that you don't want to talk or that you angry. But with communication it's also a way for people to express how they feel and think. I like this thought about communication and relationships and over coming trials-Every trial that you go through as an individual and as a family then you come out of the trial then you have a stronger relationship as a family and with the Savior
This week we talked about sexual intimacy which is very sacred to me. We discussed how the world views sexual intimacy and how most Latter Day Saints view intimacy. We learned that in the world some people believe that it you can have sex with many people and that it doesn't matter. But to a degree it effects people no matter if they admit it or not. In the LDS view we believe in something called the Law of Chastity which means to no have any sexual relations before marriage and after you are married to not do anything that would jeopardize your relationship with you husband or wife. I know that if you wait to have sex til after you are married your experience will be cherished and t
Today we talked about reasons why marriages fall apart, we thought of these reasons: not showing affection, stress on couple, lack of sleep, not feeling appreciated or loved, off- balance, and adjusting and learning the changes that have come because of the new addition. I have been thinking of ways to reduce the problems that can arise these are just some: words of affirmation, acts of service, and quality time. I believe that the family life can be difficult but if you are willing to put in the effort and work hard then it will all work
This week we talked about relationships, we talked about the difference of hanging out and dating. hanging out is just being with a friend and not really having any emotional or physical ties, dating on the other hand is being with someone that you care and love, and you talk about important things. We also discussed that when a woman is looking for a spouse they are testing if they can preside, provide, and protect. There was five other steps that both men and women look for and they are: Do they know who the person is there are with, can they trust them, Are they reliable, Are they committed to the relationship, and Am I physically attracted to them. The last thing we discussed is the difference between married couples and couples that are living together. We learned that in those relationship there is a great percentage of abuse, less intimacy, and can be not committed to the relationship.
This week we have been discussing the effects that parents and peers have on children. We learned that some of the reasons why some people are attracted to same sex gender could be because of bulling, labeling, abuse. Another idea is when a father is absent from his sons life the son leans towards other male role models because he needs that emotional stability that a father can give. This also applies to daughters as well. I realized again that parental examples are extremely important in child development and when one is absent it cause mental and emotional problems. I found this video that I feel would help us to change our behavior. From dictionary.com I looked up what the word judgement means it says: an act or instance of judging. We learned that when we are judging people we don't always know what there circumstances were, why they made the decision that they made. I learned that I should only judge when I know the whole picture or when I am in spiritual or physical danger. I really enjoyed this class because I think that as people we judge a lot and we should be more aware as to what is going on especially for those families that are trying to help there family become better.
We learned in class this week that it is important to have clear communication with your spouse and with your children. In addition we learned that if you have a hard time with understanding who you are, then it is likely that you have relationship problems with your spouse and because of that your children are likely to disobey and other disciplinary problems. Question's to think about is how can we improve our knowledge about our self worth? How can our communication with our families be better?
In class this week we were asked to do some research on topics that we discussed in class and would like to know more about. Some ideas that were researched are divorce, abuse, young adults getting married at a younger age, and more. We learned that some of the websites that we read are not always accurate and can be bias. We also learned that there are some questions or ideas that have not been researched for a long period of time so there is little research. I have been trying to think of some topics and ideas that I could research to enhance my research skills are there any topics that you can think of that I could research for you?
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AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Kenna Adams http://theadventuresofkennaandmike.blogspot.com
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