Bringing in the Children

Once a couple has a kid their marital  happiness starts to go down. It is not that they are miserable, but they both become more distracted from each other. They now have this other person that they have to take care of. The father could become more busy with jobs to financially provide for the child. The mom will become more busy with taking care of and nurturing the child. With every child that comes this happiness in marriage continually decreases. It is important to keep a marriage strong and still be romantic with each other.

DATING

In class we talked about the filters of finding a date. Some of these filters may not even be made consciously. The first filter is propinquity. This is people who live near us or are close to us in some setting. We tend not to date people who live far away or are from a different setting. I think this is because it is hard once you get married if you have to travel a long ways in between families. Its just easier if you spouse and you come from around the same place. Also you are more likely to find these people for obvious reasons. The second filter is attractiveness. Well duh! You have to have that initial physical attraction before you want to spend time with them. They don't have to be drop dead sexy but there needs to be an attraction between the two people. The third filter is similarities. It is important to want to do the same things. You don't have to have everything in common, but it is important to have some similarities so you can share some interests!

Purposes of the Family

          Social class has an interesting influence on the purposes of the family. But first what are the purposes of the family. I think that they are: to bring to pass Heavenly Fathers plan; bring children into the world; provide structure for children; contribute to society; help children establish expectations and hopes; offer love and support; and the list could go on and on! So, how does the social class influence these things? Studies show that lower class people tend to get pregnant out of wedlock more often. This situation alone effects many of the purposes of the family. It is hard to provide structure and support as a single parent.
             In class I heard an interesting saying that goes like this "One of the best ways to ensure no poverty is to have a father in the home." Most times men have this drive and known responsibility inside of them to provide for the family. I thought that was really interesting!