END OF THE SEMESTER!!!

I am so thankful that I was able to take this class this semester. I have been able to learn soooo much over the course of the semester.  I am really thankful that I was able to learn all of the many aspects of marriage and the family, and family relations all together.  I know that I am definitely going to apply many of the concepts that I have learned in this class to my own future family.  Even though I do not have a family now.  I can still apply many of these concepts.  One of the things that I have enjoyed learning about this week was just some of the things about blended families.  I thought that it was interesting that it takes an average of two years for the blended family to normalize.  Even though this seems like it would be a bit long for the normalization to occur, it is not a big surprise.  I have no experience with blended families, so I really don’t know that much about what goes on in them. I just thought that this was really interesting.

One of the most important things that come about in a child’s life is the way that they are raised.  Their parents have a huge responsibility to raise them and to teach them the things that they need to know.  We need to always make sure that we are there for our kids so that they have someone to turn to when they have problems and when they need a helping hand.  One of the main things that parenting does is that it provides a foundation for the child.  Parents have the responsibility to teach them right from wrong. We need to make sure that we are doing what we need to so that our children are good.  The way that we raise them is going to set the standard for how they are going to live the rest of their lives. Something else that I found to be interesting is that the younger that you have kids, the more generations that they are going to get to know.  We should not postpone parenthood because of all of the valuable things that they are able to learn from their living relatives. I really think that this can be a great blessing for the child.

WORK!

Work is a very important principle that we need to make sure we are teaching our kids.

I have it to be very interesting just how much work can teach a child.  One of the things that I have learned growing up about the importance of work is the wise use of it as well.  When I made money, I learned that I need to save that money so that I can buy something that I want or need.  It also helped me to save for my mission.  Work has taught me many values that I think that I would not have learned if I would not have had a job when I was younger.  It taught me to never give up, dependability, honesty, and many other values.  One of the things that we learned in class was just how important it is that we pay our tithing first, before we do anything else with our paycheck.  I think that this principle is very inspired.  When we pay our tithing it is basically our fire insurance.  It will help us when we have to go through hard times.  It is giving back to the lord what is already his.  My parents taught me this very important principle and I am very grateful that they did.