Inside Scoop...on the Family!

Dating has become something of the past, which, is sad for future generations. Dating is supposed to be used to spend time with a person so that you can learn the attributes that you would like in a future spouse. Today, that mentality has been completely lost and replaced with just hanging out. I feel that there are a variety of reasons why the thought of dating has changed. I think that young adults view dating as a permanent step into marriage, so they opt to just hang out. Hanging out means just getting together between study sessions or on the weekends with friends. This method of getting to know someone turns into a mess because people only want to be responsible for themselves. Hanging out generally happens with groups of people which doesn’t allow one on one conversation and getting to know one another. So, if hanging out is so bad then why is dating so important. Elder Oaks, a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ, said that dating should be planned, paid fo...

Today I would like to start off with a quote from "Despicable Me 2". Agnus says “Gru I know what makes you a boy.” Gru turns around with concern in his voice asking her how she knows. Agnus answers “Your bald head." This leads me to the thought of what is it that really determine your gender. Agnus from "Despicable Me" used a gender specific trait or the traits that place a person in a gender box. This example is bad because all men are not bald. However, this shows how people generally treat gender traits or qualities. When this happens, it could offend or hurt other people because they could feel missed understood. I would like to show some other gender specific traits. Female: passive, expressive, and social. Male: aggressive, in their own world. Gender is who we are and what we are born with. We are either male or female but I feel that the worlds standards have become confused about how to define it. According to the Gospel of Jesus Christ we know t...

Social classes and cultural diversity are hot topics when it comes to politics within the United States but what about when it comes to family issues? When thinking of both social classes and cultural diversity a couple of terms need to be defined so that you can better understand how they apply to the family situation. These terms are tradition, ritual, and culture. Merriam Webster Dictionary defines all three as follows 1.        “Tradition: cultural continuity in social attitudes, customs, and institutions (from one generation to the next)" 2. "Ritual: an act or series of regularly repeated in a set precise manner" 3. "Culture: the set of shared attitudes, values goals, and practices that characterizes an institutions or organization" When we better understand these words then we can see how social classes work, why there is cultural diversity and how to change the outcome of people who want better in life.   So which class do you belong...

The family unit is very interesting to observe because so many things can be going on at once. This means that the family can be systematically set up so that each person has a job that they know needs to get done so that life goes on as planned. When the system is broken then fixes can be made. Lots of time divorce, death or other illnesses make it so one member of the system is absent. When this happens the other members can take over to fill in the missing link. The parents are responsible for nurturing and providing for the children. The children however have responsibility as well. With each responsibility comes boundaries that help to provide structure and support for the family as a whole. Salvador Minuchin was a family therapist that created a way to evaluate the relationships within a family to help them set healthy boundaries to keep the family working happily. Through lots of observation he was able to see patterns within struggling families. His method of family mapping h...

Trends are not always a good thing to follow but the younger generations usually gets caught up in them. The typical trends that are spoken of would be those that are associated with the fashion world. However, these trends are not the important ones be talking about. There are many trends that are threatening traditional family life. It is important to talk about them so that we as the creators of the next generator can make educated decisions on how to raise a family. Some of the most recent trends would be cohabitation (living together without being married), people living alone, delayed marriage, children born to single mothers, dedication to work, having less children and many more. Basically what this boils down to is less traditional families are being created, with this comes less children to be the future leaders of the world.  I would like to talk about how having less children or no children at all affects many different aspects of life. Children bring light and life ...

Hello everyone! I am Mariah Prado De Sellers, a current marriage and family major at Brigham Young University of Idaho. I am a marriage and family major because I want to be a counselor for parents and children that have difficult family situations. I come from a difficult family situation myself and want to share the knowledge I have gained. Children are the future of our nation, which means that they need to know of their divine potential. It is challenging to believe in ones potential when going through trials. I want to help children to believe in themselves and understand that they can have a bright future no matter the mistakes they have made in the past. I have created this blog with the purpose to share the light I receive from studying in my family relations class. I look forward to sharing experiences and knowledge with all those who view and comment on my posts. I have been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints my whole life.I was blessed with t...