Week 13

Well class is over....and I am rather sad! I am grateful for the opportunity I had to learn so much. For our final we had to pick two topics and teach them to a fellow class mates. I thought it would be a lot harder then it actually was. The final got me pumped to want to share what I have learned with others.

Thanks for reading,
Becca

Week 12

This week was probably the best week of the whole semester! We learned about parenting, which is something that really interest me. My professor talked about the needs of kids-which are contact and belonging, power, protection, withdrawal and challenge. We we ran out of time so we were only able to go over contact and belonging and power. With contact and belonging the child's mistaken approach is to undue attention seeking, to stand offish. When this happens the parents need to offer contact freely and to encourage contribution. A child's mistaken approach when it come to power is to control others or to have a power struggle. The parent's response should be to create responsibility through choices and consequences.

Week 11

This week I was really sick and wasn't able to come to class but I really liked this quote form President Thomas S. Monson of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he said "We do live in turbulent times. Often the future is unknown; therefore, it behooves us to prepare for uncertainties. Statistics reveal that at some time, for a variety of reasons, you may find yourself in the role of financial provider. I urge you to pursue your education and learn marketable skills so that, should such a situation arise, you are prepared to provide."

Week 10

This week in class we learned about communication Often times couples say that they don't communicate well with each other, that is because they aren't actually communicating at all! There are many means of communication there are words, tone and non-verbal communication. Most of the time 14% of communication is words, 35% is tone and over 50% is non-verbal. My professor said that they most effective way to communicate is to communicate not be to be understood but communicate so you will not be misunderstood. Some other ideas that class mates gave on how to communicate effectively was to not beat around the bush, to validate what the other person is saying, listen, use I feel statements, communicate love and focus-don't bring up the past!

Week 9

This week we learned about how you deal with stress in the family. My professor showed us a diagram of how we think about an experiences. It starts with the Actual event, Both resources, Cognition all equals to  the total experience. What I really liked about this week was when we talked about parents losing a child and the hardship that that event brings. It just reminded me of how hard the pioneers had it. The pioneers had many children die on the trail and they had to bury them by the road and just keep going. I think that we can look to the pioneers and see their strength and how they over came their hardships.

Week 6

So I somehow missed a week of a blog post don't know how that happened but here is a trip back in time! That week we had learned about the transition into marriage. I really liked this quote my Elder Russell M. Nelson-"Meanwhile, mortal misunderstandings can make mischief in marriage. In fact, each marriage starts with two built-in handicaps. It involves two imperfect people. Happiness can come to them only through their earnest effort. Just as harmony comes from an orchestra only when its members make a concentrated effort, so harmony in marriage also requires a concerted effort. That effort will succeed in each partner will minimize personal demands and maximize actions of loving selflessness."    When you get married you have to blend two life's together and that can be difficult through communication and compromise you can overcome those difficulties. 

Week 8

This week in class we talked about the importance of sexual intimacy in a marriage. I think sex between a man and a women is very important once they have taken the vow of marriage. I think that sexual intimacy is a way for a couple to bond. There are many challenges that come with sexual intimacy but it is when you work through those problems that you have a strong couple. Through sexual intimacy needs of the female and male can be meet, both partners can learn to focus on each other instead of themselves, is a way to progress spiritually, build self control and is a leap of faith. All these things are Christ like attributes and that is what we are striving for in this life.