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Effects of Divorce

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Almost 50% of all marriages in the United States will end in divorce or separation. Divorce affects not only the parents, but it also affects everyone else, especially the children. I’ve watched close families get torn apart because of divorce. My aunt and uncle had been married for 25 years when they decided to get married. It affected their children big time, but it always affected other family members. It was really hard for their children to understand why they needed to get divorce but my uncle immediately moved out. The situation got bad when my uncle turned some of their own children against my aunt. He let them do whatever they wanted and it was crazy to see that as kind and fun as my cousins still were, they had changed. No one in that family is active in the church. It was hard to know that I would probably never get to see my uncle again. He was a good man, but just made some mistakes after the divorce. It was hard to here what was going on between them even after the divo
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Parenting Styles

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There is many types of parenting I am just now coming to understand what types of parents I grew up with and I’m learning what type of parent I want to be. There are parenting styles like permissive, authoritarian, and authoritative, and uninvolved. Permissive is where parents set rules but rarely enforce them, don’t give out consequences very much, and they think your child will learn best with little interference from you. Permissive parents usually take on a more of a friend role than a parent role. They encourage their children to talk to them, but they don’t put much effort into discouraging poor or bad choices. Authoritarian is where parents think that their children should be seen and not heard. When it comes to rules, it is the parents own rules with no exception to why the children need to follow them. These types of parents aren’t considerate with their child’s feelings. They want their kids to feel sorry for their mistakes instead of helping them solve a problem. Authorita
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Father Involvement

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The definition of a father is the male parent of a child. Although mothers play a significant part in our lives, father’s are a big part as well. They help build a family. In a website called Fatherhood.org, I found statistic’s about how the family struggles without a father. The first one is that children living in female-headed homes with no spouse present have a poverty rate of 47.6%. The poverty rate is so high when a father is not present because usually the father is the provider and goes out to work to make money for the family. A mother can work, but she will not make as much as a father could and she still has the responsibility to take care of the children as well. It can be a struggle to take care of children while trying to make money for the family. Another reason why fathers are needed is because individuals from father absent homes are 279% more likely to carry guns and deal drugs than peers living with their fathers. This is because these individuals didn’t have a f
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Communication Throughout Life

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Communication is essential in creating harmony in the home. We use communication in many ways to talk to others at any age whether it’s a baby crying to get a mothers attention or a wife talking to her sick husband. The definition of communication is the imparting or exchange of information or news. Communicating helps people to express their ideas and feelings and at the same time, it helps us to understand emotions and thoughts of others as well as ourselves. Even when we are born, we use communication to fulfill the needs. Babies cry to get their mother’s attention that they are hungry, need a diaper changed, or have other needs. People talk to babies and babies can use communication not just through crying. They can smile, giggle, and much more to respond back to the person talking to them. Communication can be shown through many emotions. Parents could be sad, disappointed, or even praise their children depending on what they did. For example, when a child is learning to walk,
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Family Stressors

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All families deal with stress over the years that come in many forms. One major stress is financial stress. Financial stress can come from many things but a big one can be for medical disabilities. One of my best friend’s has a little sister who has Osteogenesis Imperfecta which is also called Brittle Bones Disease. She is such an awesome and strong girl. She is so fun to be around and is a huge blessing to her family members and to those around her. She has had countless broken bones and countless surgeries. This has caused their family to be financially stressed. This is just one example of a stressor in the family. Another stressor can be when there is a death or even a birth. Having a baby is a blessing, but it can also turn your life upside down. I have seen it in my family where my sister-in-law wanted a baby and had one and then experienced postpartum depression for a couple months and it can be stressful for the mother as well as the husband. The death of a loved one can be
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Sexual Intimacy

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The reason men and women exist on earth is because of sexual intimacy and it is a natural part of our life. How young people view intimacy depends a lot on how they were taught growing up. A lot of families are embarrassed by intimacy and they demonstrate by not showing affection to each other in front of their children. This can give their children the wrong idea about intimacy and they may grow up thinking it is bad or wrong. It’s good to understand that it is just a healthy part of relationships within marriage. When children are old enough, it’s important for parents to talk about sexual intimacy to their children and not be embarrassed about it because it is an important part of life and its how children are brought into the world. When questions are asked by children, be open about it and talk to them about it so that they aren’t thinking that they have to get information about it from friends or from the internet because that can lead to problems like pornography. Not everyt
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Considerations for Marriage

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Marriage is often about compromise and teamwork, but if you don’t know what each person expects, the you are going to have a lot of trying times as newlyweds. The things that you should discuss before you get married are how many children you want to have and when, couple responsibilities, religion, and cultures. It is important for you and your spouse to discuss how many kids are wanted and when to have them. I am dating a guy named Conner, and we are soon to be engaged and are getting married in August. We have discussed how many kids we want to have and both agreed on the same amount. We either want to have 3 or 4 children and since we are both attending school right now, we do not have to have children until we are completely done with school. It is important that we have discussed this so that it is not one person wanting to get married and have kids right off the bat while the other person wants to wait a while. We both agree that it will be better for us to have children afte
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