Summary of this semester

I am sad to say this but the class that I have been sharing about is coming to a close. The semester is over and I will be closing up talking about this class. But I hope I wont be gone from this blog forever. Starting this class I signed up because I needed a few more credits for my pre- requisites. I had no idea that this class would be my favorite class and that I would learn SO MUCH. I looked forward to this class every week and couldn't wait till the evening so I could tell my family the interesting things that I learned that day in my family relations class. I believe that I liked this class so much because it can really help me in my every day life. I am not married and I do not have any kids but I loved learning and retaining the information to keep in the back of my brain for when those moments do come around. I was told to share ten things that I learned from this class and I would like to share some of those with you today to summarize the past few months in this class. Cohabiting-

I really enjoyed learning about the facts and studies people have done on when people live together before they are married. There was a study I remember our professor talking about: If you live together before marriage you are more likely to get a divorce after five to seven years than if you waited till marriage to live together. Sexual Intimacy- I know this could be a very uncomfortable topic but I learned so much from it that I do not want to forget.Men are known to want to have sex more than women. Now remember that is not always true with every relationship. Women like to snuggle and be more emotionally there and men prefer to be more physical. Girls like to be stable in emotional states and boys like to be stable in physical states. Now that can be very hard and maybe even disagree with others because the boy might feel like the girl doesn't love him because she does not want to have sex with him every night. That is why you need to have a conversation with your husband or wife and explain how you are feeling and find a way on how to meet in the middle. Relationship Attachment Model-The RAM Model was produced by Dr. John Van Epp in his research regarding relationships progression. It’s a simple way to look at how relationships should grow to become healthy relationships. You should be increasing it from left to right for a healthy growth. It needs to go in order or there could be possible problems in the relationship. Teach your kids to make their own decisions-This might have not been in a textbook but it really stood out to me when the professor shared about how he let his daughter pick out her outfit for kindergarten and the mom went crazy when she saw mix matched clothes. You have to teach your kids and then let them choose their decisions you cannot control your kids forever. And lastly, Fathers are just as important as mothers-I feel like fathers get left in the dust sometimes and they deserve a lot of credit. Fathers play a huge role in the family and kids suffer from horrible consequences if a father isn’t in the home, like they are more likely to get involved in drugs, pornography, and gang activity and are more likely to become sexually promiscuous later into their lives. These are just a few things that I have learned from this class and I could go on and on but I think I shared the most important ones.

-Claire