Let's Talk About Family!

" Great families are not rare, but they do not happen by accident."   What if, some families don't know how to improve simply because they don't know what a strong family looks like? What if some families wonder if strong families are even possible? What if there were proven skills that we could gain to improve our family relationships? What if families don't just happen, but rather they are created, built, and nurtured? What does it look like to intentional build family bonds? How can I personally improve my current relationships and family situation?  I am excited I get the chance to write this blog about intentional families and the power of a good example. Sociology professor and therapist William Doherty speaks on the topic of family structure and class in the United States. He starts his speech by talking about how the lower social class in the U.S. are having high levels of non-marital births. He describes that these couples have a lack of preparation for r...

Have you ever felt misunderstood by a family member? Or maybe you could not believe why another family member would act a certain way! These are normal feelings. They happen to everyone.  On a family vacation to Disney World, my sister was riding in the car looking out the window and casually says to my mom, "I feel like Rock (our 10 year old brother) hasn't been connecting with us lately. I feel like I haven't seen him much. He is quiet in the car and when we go on rides he's talking to the friends his age." It was silent for a second and I posed the question "Chloe, what if it's not just Rock not connecting with you? What if it's also you not connecting with Rock?" Whoa! She kind of laughed a little as I began to teach what I've been learning in school about "Circular Causality."  Circular Causality is found and talked about in the Family Systems Theory. Yet we will also discuss the Symbolic Interaction Theory (as it has great app...

  Today we will dive into quotes from the article titled "China's one child policy: the policy that changed the world." Begin by reading these first two paragraphs.  " T he Chinese one child policy is unique in the history of the world. It was a source of great pain for one generation, but a generation later it began to yield important economic benefits. For China, and the world as a whole, the one child policy was one of the most important social policies ever implemented. Rapid population growth is an unforgiving task master. Even with the one child policy—as a result of the high birth rate a generation before—China still has one million more births than deaths every five weeks. The Chinese State Council launched the policy in 1979, ‘so the rate of population growth may be brought under control as soon as possible... He said that unless the birth rate fell rapidly, 'we will not be able to develop our economy, and raise the living standards of our people.' 2...

  Hi! It's me, Hannah. I am excited to start this blog today. If you are interested in hearing my thoughts from the classes I've been taking, continue to read and follow. I love families and have always had a passion for them.  I am starting a blog for my thoughts on the class called "family relations" that I am taking at Brigham Young University Idaho. If you're interested in reading or sharing your thoughts about families... sit down, get comfy, and take a read! I'd love to hear your thoughts. To see the blogs of my classmates, go to this link:  https://familymissiontime.blogspot.com/p/classmates-blogs.html