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Parenting

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So, this week in class we were talking about parenting. With that we pretty much talked about almost everything that pertains to parenting. So why parent? Well first we are the ones who decided to have kids in the first place. Automatically we are the parents and our children need someone to guide them along in life. Parents are mainly the ones responsible for making sure that their kids are educated in all aspects. Parents need to make sure that parenting is one of their central primary roles. Mainly parenting involves both the father and the mother. Not all families are like that. Some examples we came up with were, the mom raising the kids or even the dad just raising the kids. In other cases, the children would be sent to live with other family members like grandparents, uncles, and aunts. While other kids were sent to day cares, military schools or even boarding schools. In some extreme cases the children would be sent to foster care or even put up for adoption. Some parents...
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Fathers and Incomes

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This week in class we were talking about the mother and father’s role in the home, but also things that can be positives and negatives in the home. Those things included incomes, education, and things that cause stress. During class we talked about he role of mothers and how they are usually the ones at home with the kids. Mothers teach the kids life skills in the home that they need to know on a daily basis. Then we started taking about the roles of fathers in the home. Our teacher asked us what we thought of when he mentioned the word fathers. As we all started discussing what we thought and one of the things that was said was that fathers fill in what the mothers can’t. As we all know mothers are pretty awesome, but they can’t do everything. They need help, and that is where fathers come in. Fathers can help fill the aspect of fixing things around the yard. Teaching their kids about cars, but mainly heavy manual labor in my opinion. Fathers help prepare their kids for the outsid...
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Sex Education and Sex

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Class this week was very interesting. We talked about some very important and kind of uncomfortable things that need to be addressed no matter what. Those things were to explain sex education to kids and sex. Even though it was pretty uncomfortable I was able to understand a lot more about these topics. Teaching your kids about sex education is never really that fun, but we all know it is pretty necessary. So how do we know when to tell your kids about it. It all depends on your child’s age. At different stages of life your child needs so be more educated in sexual interactions. At most schools they will introduce some parts of sex education, but not all of it. Is it safe to completely trust the school system to teach kids about sex education? For me the answer is no. who ever is teaching could have different opinions on certain subjects like sex. We live in a world right now that is ok with people having sex. If that teacher believes that and you don’t, do you really want them tea...
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Engagement and Marriage

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This we were discussing the topic of engagement, and marriage. We mainly covered the tasks of engagement, the purpose of marriage, and early marital adjustments. Neither of these are easy. They all take time and effort on both the man and the woman. They both take a lot of communication and understanding. Once a couple becomes engaged, it’s not a walk in the park. It takes a lot of talking to the other person. During class we made a list of things that usually happens when the couple becomes engaged. Obviously the first thing we talked about was planning a wedding and a reception. Everyone thinks that that is only the girl’s responsibility in the relationship. That’s not the case. We need to remember that it is “our wedding not mine”. By remembering this and actually including each other in the planning, it will actually bring the couple closer together. The next big topic we discussed was what will happen when they are married. The couple needs to establish what things they want t...
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Dating!!!

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This week in class we mainly learned about dating and how we choose the person we marry. Over the years the definition of dating has changed. So, what is dating? Most kids these days say that they are dating, but in reality, they are just hanging out watching a movie. Back then a dating was when you would go out and do a planned activity. As we discussed what dating actually is our teacher gave us the definition of a date. He said a date is planned, paired off, and paid for. With a planned date you have a set thing that you are going to do. Usually it consists of a fun activity or going to dinner. When a date is paid for usually the person who asked the other person on a date is the one to pay, but that is just my opinion. When a date is paired off, that is kind of self-explanatory. As we began to talk about dating we got on the subject of why do people not date anymore. One of the reasons we came up with was that some people date to marry, and that scares the people who have no int...
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men and women

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The topics that we went over this week in class were defiantly very interesting. The question that we discussed was, are men and women equal? If you really think about it they aren’t. There are not only physical differences, but mental and emotional as well. For example, men are usually better at math than girls. On the ACT the men score higher on the math section. females don’t do as well as men do. Many people believe that men and women should be equal so they wanted to make the math portion of the ACT test easier for the girls to get the same score as the boys. How is that equal in anyway? Basically, we are trying to make women equal to men by changing the way tests are given so women can score the same as the boys. Another thing we discussed was they physical aspect of the girls verses the guys. Women do not have the same physical structure as boys. We watched a video as a homework assignment and in that video, there was a part where women were training with the fire department...
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Things that affect the family

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This week we were talking about how different things can affect the family. We made a list that contained some of the topics such as: location, housing and surroundings, possessions, employment, quality of life, health, and clatter vs clutter. Everything on this list can affect the family in a big way. I never really thought of how your possessions can affect the way you live. If you think about your live with all the stuff you have, it’s not too bad. Say we take away a couch. How might that affect a person’s life. They just don’t have another place to sit. Now take a person’s bed, car, stove, and even a kitchen table away, things might change a little bit. Just think about how your life might change if some of your important and necessary possessions were gone. There was one thing that wasn’t on the list that we did end up talking about and that was the influence of the father. What does the father do in the home? Typically, he is the one that fixes things around the house, teaches...
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