Family Relations

Many of us have heard stories where people are married and remarried over and over again. Maybe you have an uncle or aunt that has been married three or four times. Something that may scare us out of getting married or pursuing a relationship is that we may have a relative or know someone who has been through similar experiences.  Divorce is something much more common these days than it was in the past. It has become much easier for couples to get a divorce now because of the no-fault divorce. My goal today is to talk about divorce openly. I want to talk about possible reasons for divorce and what we can do to avoid it. Many hear the statistic that 50% of marriages end in divorce. While this may be true it is not a complete representation of marriages that end in divorce. Many assume that if we take 100 people and survey how many of them will get divorced that we think that 50 of them will. But this is not true. Only about 24% of people go through a divorce. But that 24% of people...

Throughout my time writing this blog I have talked about many fears people face in marriage. I have also offered several remedies to these fearful events. Today I will talk about parenting. The thing that makes most adults feel totally inadequate and most teens and young adults quiver when they contemplate their possible future of being parents. Parenting is also looked down upon by many in society today. They believe that it doesn't enable fathers or mothers to achieve their fullest potential. Society will tell you that a woman who chooses to stay home is settling or caging herself to the home and not fully spreading her wings. Society will say that fathers are no longer necessary. Popular culture and television displays fathers as cabbage headed men who are good for nothing except some comical relief in some popular TV shows. My goal today is to describe the nobility of parenthood and some simple techniques that will enable fathers and mothers to have more effective communication...

Are fathers even important? What good do they do to families and to the world? If mothers are better at nurturing and can also hold  stable job then why do we need men in the home. With almost forty percent of children being born into fatherless homes and fifty perfect of all marriages ending  in divorce less and less children are having exposure to fathers in the home. Fewer and fewer children have the positive influence that a father can have on the home. Many people today say that this isn't a big deal. Many claim that fathers don't contribute much to the home and that they are not needed. But are they helpful or needed? Though the world may disagree the fact is that they are vital to a child's healthy development. My purpose today isn't to prove that fathers are useful but to talk about effective ways of connecting with family members and things that fathers can do to connect with their kids. My hope is that this will help fathers know how to be better fathers and t...