Family Relations

    The semester is coming to a close, and as many other students, I am stressed about finals and everything that the end of a semester brings. It has also caused me to reflect on the things I have learned and ways I have grown, if at all! When I look back, I know with out a doubt that this course has impacted me. For our final in Family Relations, we were required to make a list of our top ten favorite things we learned this semester. It was a lot easier than I thought, recalling all the many topics we discussed. What was challenging, was picking only ten! Our instructor informed us, that this was only half of the final, and we would complete the other half during class. We were all nervous and stressed, concerned about what to expect. We were surprised and delighted at what that other half entailed. We were asked to pick three of the ten things that we found to be most influential. Then, we were asked to make lesson plans for two of those three topics. After making lesson pl...

     I loved this weeks discussions and material! As I mentioned earlier in the semester, my husband and I are new parents to a sweet baby girl. She is now 5 months, and we can hardly believe it. Often, my husband and I discuss what we enjoy as parents, what our goals are and discuss how we would react in certain situations.      It was fun taking a parenting style quiz to see what my ideals and overall approach to parenting looks like. I asked my husband to take it as well. It was interesting to see the similarities and differences in our scores. This specific quiz that we took is located here  and I would recommend it to anyone interested in starting a family and anyone that has one... so everyone! Dr. Michael H. Popkin is the author of Active Parenting , and it is his quiz that helps others to discover their parenting styles.      To give you a little insight into my experience with this, I will share my scores and David's scores and ...

This week was a little controversial for some and definitely for the world we live in today. However, I believe strongly that men and women have different unique talents and attributes. These differences actually work to our benefit! They help us to learn and to grow as individuals and to create the ideal environment to raise children. I remember growing up hearing that if we were all the same we wouldn't be here. I absolutely believe that there is a perfect God who created us, and we have God given roles and abilities. In class I heard Brother Williams say, "we don't need father's to be mother's. We need father's to fulfill their role as father's." I think we should embrace our differences and use them to add to the family dynamic in meaningful and individual ways. Father's play a crucial role in the development of children for specific reasons as do mothers, for other reasons. We need both of those roles to be fulfilled.     We also discussed the...