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This week's discussions and topics really intrigued me. We spoke a lot about differences in gender and the qualities that come with those differences. We also discussed and took a look at the statistics and some situations that homosexuals have been through. Something we spoke about were the roles of parents in a family. mothers are more aligned with what is going on with all of the children around them, not only their own but the kids at school as well. They are able to determine how the things that happen at school affect their relationships at home and with others. Father's on the other hand are not as good at focusing on everything that is going on, but it allows them to put much more effort and focus on the task at hand a little better. They are able to switch modes in some cases. For example a father at work will be able to focus on being who he needs to be at work and then can switch the way he is with his family at home. Not to say that this is always the case, but...

     This week we discussed some interesting topics. The topics we studied showed a lot of the difficulties and different circumstances that many families around us experience. We were examining differences in low, and high social economic standing (SES) families. Along with that we looked at the effects that either a low or high SES situation had on the family. We watched a couple of documentaries on different peoples family situations. These videos can be an eye opener for some people, for me the follow up video was what caught my attention.      In the videos it follows Tammy and her family. They are on the low spectrum of the SES scale so it shows where they live and what kind of a job Tammy has. Tammy is a single mother of 2 boys, the oldest's name is Matt. The interviewer in the video focuses on Matt for a while because he acts like he is above everyone else in his family. He said he wouldn't want to have his friends go to his house because it would...

     "Family structure" was a word that was never used in my home, and I am fairly positive that it wasn't one that many others have heard used in their own homes. However I know for a fact that many of the principles and key points that make up a family structure have been discussed daily throughout many homes.      Throughout this past week we learned about the many different family systems, subsystems, roles, rules, and structures that we may find in today's society. We studied Salvador Minuchin's theory on the family structure along with these other principles. There were also different scenarios we played out looking at how the behavior and relationship of the parents can affect a child's reaction to certain situations. I really enjoyed applying these principles in my own life and searching for ways I can use this knowledge to help my own family situation.       I noticed that no matter what it may have been, all of these things seem...

     Do we truly understand what is important in today's society? Do we know what is needed for us to excel in our relationships and make a better impact on our family lives? Something I noticed while studying and discussing matters this week was that no matter what others think, strong families are what makes this world function.      To explain a little, we studied a lot about what has affected the family structure throughout time. One factor being declining fertility rate, another was the thought that there was a problem of over population. I never really thought that something like this would affect families so greatly! Some events leading up to a declining fertility rate included, the women's revolution, the sexual revolution, divorce revolution, and some inaccurate assumptions. I'd like to spend a moment to bring a few of these to attention.      With the greater opportunity for women to now pursue careers in the 1960's, and the FDA...

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