Family Relations blog

  What is dating to you? What does hanging out mean to you? We probably have different ideas of what these two are and how they are different. To me dating is pairing off with someone and doing an activity together, the point of dating is to get to know someone better. This is great because its ok to go on a date with someone and if you feel like he or she doesn’t have what you are looking for its ok to not go on a second date with them and to just leave it at that. But on the other hand, its great if you do go on a date and he or she does have what you are looking for then you can decide to continue dating them.     Many people understand dating as being in a relationship and or having sex. This comes with a good amount of commitment and pressure many people are not looking for when they first meet somebody. Now for hanging out. Hanging out is usually described as a group of people having fun, this could be a group of friends going to the mall or hanging out at someone’s...

  I watched a video today while I was on Pinterest looking for inspiration and I came across this video that said something I really liked. It’s a conversation between two young men, friends. The first said “if you only knew the things that I do, the things that I’ve done. If there is a God, I don’t deserve His love.” The second replied, “Here’s the thing, It’s not just you, its me too. Its every single one of us. We all deserve to be burning in Hell. Gods love is not something that you can be deserving of. Its not something you can earn. Jesus went up on that cross fully knowing that nobody deserved it but guess what? He did it anyway because He loves us. When He looks at you, He doesn’t see some awful, broken, sinning reject that cant be touched. No. when Jesus looks at you, he sees a heart that hasn’t been changed yet.” I understood the moral of this story to be that not one person on this earth is more important or less worthy than another in the eyes of God. He loves us ...

No two families are the same. They are all different. Each had its own specific and unique circumstances. This is the result of all of our different choices that we make throughout our lives. This week in class we talked about one family’s situation. This family was from Mexico and were trying to make a better life for themselves in the United States. For this family they dealt with the father leaving, friendships breaking and constant fear but hope for the future. We all deal with things in our families that other families or even our own have a hard time or choose not to understand. And that’s why we judge, because we don’t understand. Im not writing this so whoever is reading can just read this and nod their head in agreement and keep scrolling. No, I have more to say about this. My goal with this blog is to make people aware and to influence a change, no matter how small. I remember this story I read about this woman who had done something wrong who was going to get beaten with roc...

"  We call upon responsible citizens and officers of government everywhere to promote those measures designed to maintain and strengthen the family as the fundamental unit of society."                                      - The Family: A Proclamation to the World                       Hello all! Im back with a beautiful lesson I learned this week in my Family relations class. But first I would love to draw your attention to the quote at the top of the page. The family, as it says, is “ the fundamental unit of society.” This to me means that without the family unit our society as a whole would crumble. We can see how today “society” is very confused on what it means to be a family. Most don’t even know what qualifies as a family anymore. To me it has always been simple. Family is made and ordained by God and marriage is between a ...

  Hi everyone! My name is Olivia and I am going to tell you about something my father taught me long ago… He taught me that family is everything. As I have grown, I have come across doubt in points of my life with this statement but have also found that in times of hardship, family is key to my needs as a human being. On my great journey of life and learning I have come to realize that family does not just encompass blood relations. Family can be mentors, friends, a work team and people on your neighborhood block. Family, by definition, is a group of people, two or more, related by birth, marriage or adoption and living together. But my Father has taught me to love everyone like a brother or sister. Families take care of another, or at least they are supposed to. Families are to love, accept and help each other grow, or at least they are supposed to. The idea of family in todays society is so greatly diverse that it is causing us to question. We each have this idea of what a family...