Discussions on the family

  As we have been discussing this week just as there is a process from dating to marriage but marriage itself has its own transition since despite what some people may believe especially early marriage is a set of transitions from two completely separate lives to a combined life that each share with each other. Even the process of getting married can and does greatly affect the future marriage. For example many people's weddings are far more expensive than they need to be and affect it in various ways. If they take a loan to have an expensive wedding you are intentionally sabotaging your marriage. Why start a relationship in debt that serves no purpose. Another is waiting and saving up but should put off developing your relationship for a needlessly expensive wedding. Just a few examples of how even how we start our marriage can greatly influence which direction it takes.  One of the other dangers is knowing if this is what we should do most when going into marriage. At one point o

  It has been interesting to see how much premarital relationships have changed from what they used to be like a few decades how much the term dating has changed from how it used to be used and how it was meant to be originally in the premarital relationship process that progressed from dating first next to courtship then proceeding to engagement which accumulates in marriage if it runs the full course to its end goal not that marriage is the end only a new beginning. First is dating and it’s many and various roles in the mate selection process that eventually leads to courtship. As the dating is occurring there is a lot to learn from your other half and it’s why “hanging” especially before marriage should only be done so much. I. The process of hanging out with the opposite sex while you can learn somethings usually because of the relaxed atmosphere and focus on relaxing there is a limited opportunity to learn about and better understand you date or someone you are trying to date whic

  This week has been a deep discussion on one of the more sensitive topics in today’s society and continues to be a hot topic both individually and academically.  What I enjoyed most is the way we systematically went through each topic such that the discussion was both informative while also not offensive unless someone chose to be offended by many things that were largely factual meaning that they don’t want the truth just what is convenient and easy as we often see in society today.  From the start we began by viewing traits that are inherently more common in both males and females. One of the interesting facts that came up that make each have certain biological advantages over the other is the brain's composition. While male brains have more grey matter inherently making them have better memory capabilities females have more white matter making them naturally better at forming connections. What I like about this is many of the other facts that were brought up not because being d

  As we have been going through the discussions in class this week I was able to see so much more of how the world affects my family but also other’s families and the view it has given them despite the reality of their circumstances. As we were discussing the various ecological influences on a family we ended up gaining a much better understanding of both the general ecological influences on them as well as a prime example of how much they can change and shape family as we viewed and discussed how it affects many of the families that immigrate from Mexico and how it makes that what they are and the role they play in society today. While some people have a very negative view of illegal immigrants and others have a very positive one I try to be neutral only so that I may view their circumstances from a rational point of view and not be overly swayed by bias one way or another. For starters most of those who come over to the United States do so because the image of the American dream is s

  It has been to see and discuss the different ways and theories on how relationships are formed and maintained as well as the type of interactions that dictates the flow and type of interactions in said relationships. One of the most interesting views being on the thoughts and discussion on conflict theory which most people would instantly think of as bad and only detrimental to a relationship or the types of interactions you would have with those around you but in many circumstances is very beneficial. For example a conflict in the way two different people view something may create a new third option or way of viewing something that is better than either of the original views of either individual while at the same type it is through meeting different views gain new and better understand of our own and may learn and go down a better path by realizing we were going down a worse path or wrong path.   From there we moved to exchange theory which was an interesting way of viewing relation