Lauren's Family Blog

  One of the things we discussed this week was culture. Culture is beliefs, values, and traditions. All cultures are equally valid, yet all different. Families have different traditions and trends and can celebrate different holidays. My family has a lot of traditions growing up that I have taken and want to apply in my future home. My home growing up was full of lots of laughing and spending time together, and that is something I also want to apply to my future home. There are things from my husband’s family that I admire and would love to apply to my home as well. The goal is to have a Christ-centered home. Family culture can even be traits such as being a touchy-huggy person or the exact opposite. Growing up in a family that does or doesn’t act affectionately in a physical way can affect the way you show affection. My family did not come from a super affectionate family. We like to tease each other a lot, but we rarely say I love you. If I was to randomly tell my sisters I love ...

 This week we talked more about the details of the family. We looked deeper into the systems each family has and what roles each family member plays. I think roles are a huge deal in families. Every person has a role whether they know it or not. In my family, we like to joke around a lot, and my 4 sisters and I decided we were going to assign roles when we were little. We gave my oldest sister the role of the responsible sister. She was the one who was always taking care of us and never got in trouble. She had good grades and every teacher loved her. We gave the role of my second oldest sister, the smart sister. We had to say smart sister because we weren’t allowed to say weird sister or else we would get in trouble. She never struggled in school and saw herself superior to the other children. She could count to one hundred before kindergarten. She loved to create weird combinations of They all decided I was the jokester/always getting in trouble. I loved to make jokes, but a lot o...

The first thing we discussed in class was population. The population of the world is growing more readily than ever. In fact, the world is supposed to reach 10 billion before 2060. Yet, for some reason, the fertility rate is dropping. When I first heard this I thought, that does not make any sense. Women are having fewer and fewer children than they used to. During the Baby Boom in 1946-1964, the average woman was having 3.8 children. That may not seem like very many, but that is actually a lot more than you think. The average now is 1.64. But why are they having fewer children? If you look around at the families you know, you can see that there are not as many large families anymore like there used to be. It used to be normal to have lots of kids. What happened? There are several reasons women are having less children including trends, careers, lack of motivation for marriage, finance, etc. I’ve noticed a lot recently on social media, that when someone posts about having a large famil...

 

Hello! In this blog, I will be discussing the importance of family and all the things I learn from my Family Relations class. I will share insights and personal opinions about several topics I learn throughout the semester. I am excited about all the things I will share and can't wait to get started.