Divorce

Divorce. There have been several times before that I have felt unqualified when writing one of these blog posts due to my lack of personal experience on it. This topic takes the cake, though. It is an important subject though so I will try to address it the best I can. I have (thankfully) never

Family Finances

Why are finances so important? I took my first personal finance course when I was in the 7th grade. I probably paid more attention than most of my classmates. I’m actually taking a college-level personal/family finance course currently, and several other classes I’ve taken in between have had units on finances. It seems to be

Communication and Decision Making

Being able to talk to someone to come to decisions is an important skill in families, in the workplace, and with friends. Communication seems simple, but it can get a bit complicated. We cannot just transmit our thoughts/feelings directly into the mind of someone else. We have to find words to express them and a

Physical Intimacy and Gender Differences

Physical intimacy is not something I am very comfortable discussing. This post is built to be purely informational on how sex is experienced differently for men and women and how that can lead to misunderstandings. This information can be very important for newlyweds or those struggling with their sexual relationships with their spouse.   One

Transitioning into Marriage

I have not been married very long yet. However, I’ve already discovered the first year of marriage is challenging. I was never the sort to expect marriage to be a never-ending fairytale, but even with realistic expectations, I found getting married way more of a strain than I expected. I don’t regret getting married, and

The Importance of Dating

What does “we’re dating” really mean? I wondered this a bit myself in high school. I was “dating” someone, but we did not really go on dates. Mostly we spent time together at lunch and a school club we were both a part of, just sort of hanging out, often with our other friends there

Gender Trends and Outliers

There are differences between the sexes. I learned recently from a video from a documentary called Boys and Girls are Different with John Stossel that even as newborns boys and girls respond differently to things. For example, newborn boy infants tend to startle more easily. How they play tends to be different too. I had

Family Culture

I have been told that I have an accent before. I have never quite been able to figure out where I picked up this accent. It’s not from the rural Ohio town I grew up in, and it seems to surprise people who notice it. The way we talk, dress, act, and believe say a

Families and Roles

There are a lot of different ways to think about families. One major way is to think of family as a system. In a system, different entities interact with each other in a certain way. Each part of the system has a role to play. Sometimes there are also subsystems where small subsets of the

An Argument For Large Families

I am the youngest of six kids. Considering that the fertility rate (fertility rate meaning the average number of children per female) in the U.S in 2020 was 1.6 according to The World Bank, my family is generally considered large. I’ve always liked being from a large family. My siblings are amazing. They’re artistic, intelligent,