Dynamic Family

Hello again friends!

This week I learned all about the different types of boundaries that a family can put up. I was able to evaluate my own family and create my own Family Map. I also had the experience of reading this interesting piece about genograms. It involved Henry Fonda's genogram. I had no idea who he was, but after a Google excursion, I was able to learn a little bit about him and his life. According to the article, and what I learned from Wikipedia, he was close to a lot of people who committed suicide. The genograms were a little tough to follow, but so interesting! I am so excited to learn more about them!

Another thing that I learned was that when it comes to a family, the whole is better than an individual. I guess that was kind of something I already knew, considering you can't have a family without individual parts. Everyone plays an important part in the family. I am excited to do my own project and see what patterns I can find in my family!

Have a great weekend!

First Real Post!

Hi! This week was the second week of school. In my Family Relations class, we learned about the different trends that are shown throughout topics of marriage and family. Unfortunately, many of the trends seem to be for the worse. The divorce rates are getting higher along with the amount of people living alone. The rate of cohabitation is also increasing along with the rate of premarital sex. Many of these trends seem to correlate with each other.

We were also given the chance to do our own research. We chose our own topics and we chose the websites that we wished to use. I chose to research the effects that a same-sex marriage has on the children involved. Unfortunately, all I received was lots of biased information and skewed results.

At the beginning of this week, we read our text book, Marriage and Family by Robert and Jeanette Lauer. It debunked certain myths on the topics of marriage and family life, such as the myth that marriage is all about love. One important tip that I learned this week is that the more alike you are with your spouse, the better chances there are of having a lasting and satisfying relationship. Perfect!

I will leave you all with this and I hope you have an amazing weekend!

"A happy marriage is not so much a matter of romance as it is an anxious concern for the comfort and well-being of one’s companion."
-Gordon B. Hinckley 

Marriage and Family

Hello! I am creating this blog to give all the amazing insight that I recieve from my Marriage and Family class here at Brigham Young Univeristy - Idaho. Each week I will be posting about the topics that we have discussed in this class. Enjoy!