Week 1
In the first week of class I really enjoyed the
article by having a family and how many kids to have. Growing up I loved having
all of my brothers and sisters around. I learned many lessons by interacting
with my brothers and sisters. I feel that I get along with people and
understand people better because I grew up with many siblings. The general
trend is to have less and less kids but is this right thing to do. I feel that
we should take on the challenge of having kids with a smile and remember that
each one is a gift and blessing from heaven. If kids are a gift and a blessing
then why wouldn’t people want them in their lives? I want to have 3-4 kids when
I get married because I want to show the love that my parents showed me and
pass it on to my kids.
Week 2
Today in class I liked learning about how family
counseling is better that individual counseling. I agree with that when
individual seek help they usually talk to the wrong person. I feel like when I
talk to my friends about my relationship it always turns into just complaining
about my girlfriend. It like my friends loves to light my torch. Now when I
have an issue with something I'm just going to go straight to her and talk
about the issue. I feel that with the media you always see people talking to
your friends and it just seems easier to talk to your friends but in order to
resolve the conflict the right way we need to go talk to our spouses and our
spouses only and resolve the issue between us two.
Week 3
I like how we talked about same sex
parenting in class. I feel that I could have not grown up without my mom or my
father figure. My mom and dad played such different roles and I could not
imagine a female playing in the father position or a male playing in the mother
position. My mom raised me for the most part but my dad taught me many lessons
that I only think I could have learned from a male. I had a good relationship with
both my mother and my father and I know I wouldn't be the same without both of
them playing their role in my family. The family is ordained of God and it
needs both a mother and a father to bring the children up the way God would
want his children to be raised. I disagree that same sex parenting is better or
even the same as the traditional parenting method.
Week 4
I
learned much about same sex attraction this week. I feel like I better
understand it now and I know what to do to help people I know overcome it. I
always wondered what the first step in becoming homosexual was and when I heard
that when people are abused or molested that after that they feel like they are
gay because of the actions of others. Same sex attraction is wrong but we all
need to realize that it is growing and not push these people out of our lives
but better that we take them in and help them see that they are not born this
way and that they can change.
Week
5
Hanging
out, Hooking Up and Celestial Marriage was so true. There are many trends of
bad dating in today’s society and I now see which ones are wrong and why they
are wrong. I even saw all of the things that I did wrong in my dating process
and that I am still doing wrong and this article and week’s lesson has helped
me learn how to change my dating experience to make sure it leads to a Celestial
Marriage. I know that dates have to be planned and that the reason that they
have to be planned is to make sure that the date is fun and safe for both people.
When we plan dates we get better at keeping commitments and it shows the girl
that we really are interested in her and care about her well being. I’m glad I
learned how to date before I as to far into my dating life and look forward to
all the blessings of dating the way God would want us to.
Week
6
In
class this week I enjoyed learning about the new marriage trends in the United
States. I see people getting married all the time but I never knew if these
people were with the normal marriage curve in the United States or not. The
graph where it shows the marriage rates over that last 100 years surprised me,
our country is marrying a lot less than what they use to. When I saw this I
tried to think to myself why and I came to the conclusion that young adults don’t
have the desire to grow up anymore. All of my friends from high school are not
of the LDS faith and when I ask them about getting married they think it’s
crazy that were even talking about getting married because we are still kids. My
friends are not bad people, they just don’t see the need for a girl to be in
their life right now and they don’t see the need to get married. They all say
someday they plan on getting married but that will come after college and after
they get done have fun and being young. I think that many young adults aren’t ready
to give up their party days and lives and commit to marriage and this is why
less and less people are getting married.
Week
7
Marital
intimacy is a great thing between husband and wife. It brings them together
and helps the marriage. I learned more about that this week than I have in the
rest of my life. I always knew it was to be between a husband and a wife and I
never questioned that but now I feel that I better know why the Lord has
instructed us to keep it that way. I felt a little awkward talking about this
in front of the class but I know that it’s not something that you should be embarrassed
of when you are doing it with your spouse. The Lord give us intimacy to help
bring two people together as husband and wife and I think that is another great
blessing of being married. Having a family is very important and marital
intimacy is just a part of it.
Week
8
A family crisis sometimes makes the world seem like
it is coming to an end. When something happens to your family I think it hurts
so much because it is happening to the people that you love the most. When you
see these people suffer you feel bad for them and you want to help them I think
when something goes wrong in your family, it is a great time to show your love
and to make your love for your family stronger. My dad always told me that
there is always two ways you can handle something, you can blow it out of proportion
and make it worse for everyone or you can just suck it up and deal with the problem.
I feel that we need to take family crisis and make the best we can out of them.
I know it’s not going to be fun but we need to help our family get through them
and let them strengthen our family’s relationship.
