Well this week was interesting. we talked about divorce and step parents. This week actually really stood out to me because my parents got divorced when I was in 4th grade and I've had 2 step moms sense. One of them was really horrible and the other is okay. we have our ups and downs. so everything that was discussed in class that has to do with the step parent child relationship actually really does apply. Step parents who try to step in and be the mom is not a very good way of trying to establish a relationship with the step children. This week was a good week because a lot of things really stuck out to me with dealings with my step mom and the affects that it has on the child and their biological parents. and the parent- step parent relationship. I especially enjoyed the readings and the one that has to talk about the family and what was happening with Joe and his family. that really applied to me with my first ex step mom.

This post is for March 22nd.

We talked about money management and how we can teach out children how to use money wisely with the resources that the church has provided for us and how to use our money wisely. We also talked about how we can help out children learn to earn money by helping out around the house with mowing the lawn and washing the car/ vacuuming it out or something like that. We also talked about Adam and Eve and the hard work that they put into life and teaching their children. how hard work can benefit a family.

This week I learned a lot about parenting and what it really means to be an active parent. which is so important in a childs life. I also love what we talked about today in class about consequences and how parents sometimes need to allow their children to experience the natural consequences from their actions. Though it might be hard it is a learning experience for their children that will benefit them in the future. We also discusses for a few moments about making sure that children's needs are being met, their physical, social, and emotional needs.

What I learned this week was the great tools of communication! These tools have really helped me to understand more about communication and how to properly do it. Even though it is going to take lots of practice just like anything does, I hope to be able to communicate better with those around me and to help those around me also be able to communicate better with others. I really love this class and am grateful for it and for all of the help that it give to me on marriage and family relationships.

This week I learned a lot about how people tend to have a cognitive problem in their brain where they think a lie and then believe that it is truth. when in all actuality it is just a lie. My teacher talked about a few ways to stop your thought process from thinking lies because then they become truths to you. He said to recognize the thought and immediately change it with a positive thought. this is one way that you can stop those thoughts from coming. It is so sad to think about how so many people including myself really do tell ourselves lies and then we become anxious and then we start to think that it really is reality when it isn't. This topic and class period actually really helped me this week.

This week what I really enjoyed was all we talked about... haha. We talked about how having intimacy in a relationship is so important when you're married. And what it means when you do actually have that intimacy within your marriage and how special and sacred it is. it really makes me appreciate my Heavenly Father more and I have come to have a greater understanding of the great Plan of Happiness through learning about sexual intimacy in marriage.

well this week what really stuck out to me was when we talked about the differences that happen when a couple that is married has a baby and how the couple can have a decline in their intimacy with each other. Also that stood out to me was how we talked about involving the husband with the pregnancy and helping him to know that he is needed even after the baby is born. To involve the husband with all of the joyful times that you'll have with children. and that it is important to keep separate time for you and your spouse because that relationship is so important. Your spouse comes first even when you have children.