Hello everyone! This week I'm finally starting to feel a little
more settled in as far as classes and even this blog go! After a bit of
difficulty, I'm happy to say things are beginning to fall into place. This week
in Family Relations we studied more in depth the marriage, home, and family
trends that have been developing in society today. We discussed things such as
birthrates decreasing, marriage being delayed (until the now average age of
26.28 for men and 24.26 for women), unmarried births increasing (39.5 percent
of all births), cohabitation increasing, as well as employed mothers, the
number of people living alone, divorce, and premarital sex all increasing, and
finally, house sizes decreasing. We had the opportunity to discuss amongst
classmates whether we thought these trends and statistics were significant,
interesting, or no big deal. It was intriguing to see how everyone's opinions
differed depending on their knowledge of the issue, their experiences with it,
and/or their own family situation. This showed me that indeed, home and family
life are significant indicators of a person's stance on such issues and overall views on the
world later in life. I was taught from this discovery the importance of strong family units to righteously bring up future generations and reverse these trends that are causing destruction to families and society as a whole.
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