The Things We Learn

When taking classes, you start find how different classes intertwine with the same material. This is how my week has been between research, management and theory. This week in class, we've been talking about family research (not family history) in how we need to be careful when we read a study/research. Often times, there can a lot of indications that could have an impact of whether the study is accurate or not or even be bias. One thing that stood out to me in class yesterday was how difficult it is to do family research when the word "family" could mean many things to different people and not to mention that every family is different. What has made me sad that there are people in this nation that are trying to change the definition of "marriage" in the Constitution so anything could go. Even if that ever happens, no one can really change the true definition of "marriage" because the Lord has continually said over and over again that marriage is only between a man and a woman. To me, that is an eternal law and definition. We were created the way we are for a great purpose, but there are many distractions today that a lot of us forgotten it, have no desire or believes some thing is more important. I believe for this reason, that family research has been growing is because people want to understand why marriages are failing so quickly and how they can improve their own. One thing that I have understood in both my theory class and family relations is that there are a lot of factors in having a successful marriage not just one. The reason is because when we focus on one thing, we'll tend to forget the other things that we still need to continually tend and to nurture.

I came to another discovery in class, which was a realization of how many jobs, fields of study or professions have families as the target. The reason they target families is because family is important to everyone whether it's the family they grew up with or the one they've created. Everyone wants to make sure their children grows in family environment with good education and of course to be successful. These jobs/professions spend a lot of money to do research about the family in to gain understanding and to help those struggling with their marriage and why. I didn't think about this earlier, but this country/world would be nothing if there were no families. Families are the key to everything in why we do the things we do whether we are single or married.