December 3, 2012

Hi! I know I've really been slacking these past three weeks, so I'm going to pick up that slack now!
     During the week of November 19th through the 23rd, we talked about the importance of fathers. It was crazy to me all the things that go on inside the home that depend on having an active father in the home. We wrote a research paper on fathers. In doing that research, I learned that children are highly affected by their fathers. They generally do better socially, academically, emotionally, and physically. I'd like to add in spiritually as well, though the article didn't cover any religious affiliations. It was amazing the difference that was abundantly found throughout my research:)
    The next week we talk about parenting. I am also in a parenting class so it was cool to compare the things that were being taught in both classes. I really enjoyed it in this class because we focused on teenagers and in my parenting class, we mostly focus on younger children. Teenagers are like a different species of human and it's important to recognize that they are still developing and they don't always understand the reasons for their hormones and whatnot. We also learned about how to get out of debt once you're in it. I agree with the way Marvin J. Ashton suggested in his pamphlet, to pay the same amount on things every month until the first one's paid off then you add that money you were paying on the first debt to the second debt and once that one's paid off, you add that money to the next one and so on.
    That's it for now! I will write again an the end of this week to talk about divorce and remarriage:)