JTBlog

I can't imagine the hardships that are faced by the many families having to go through this awful process. There are so many factors to these hardships and I would like to talk about a few things that I have learned about and that I have seen in my life. Unfortunately I have some very close friends that went through a divorce. It's hard because it seems like there is nothing wrong on the outside, but with divorce there is always something going on behind the scenes. I can't be 100% sure on the reasons for the divorce of my friends, but I have a hunch that my friend may have been seeking to fill emotional holes without consulting her husband about them or attempting to work on them or fill them together. With divorce sometimes there are difficult situations where your partner may not be willing to even talk about anything or about the reasons why. Some of the best things we can try to do to save the marriage is serve your spouse. Many times with divorce one party is lo

This week we focused on the different parenting strategies and communication techniques we can use to help improve our relationship with our children. First we took a look at the purposes of parenting. Not only this, but we also took a look at different cultures where parents may have been taken out of the equation. I thought this was a really good way to look at it. I don't think we realize just how important parenting is. My eyes were certainly opened  to somethings. We made a list of some of the purposes of parenting for both the children and parents, you might also look at them as benefits. The list looked like the following: Purposes of Parenting: Children: Values, not just ideas are being taught Help to know of Christ/ Helps to become one of his disciples  Personalize/ Example Helps them launch into life Distinguishable person Parents: Become more like our heavenly parents  Patience & Humility  Christ like love Learn about ones self Learn from our