Trends in the world today.

In class this week we talked about some of the different trends that exist in the world today. Some of which include:

Cohabitation                         (Increasing)

Delayed Marriage                 (Ages 26/28)

Living Alone                         (Increasing)

Employed Mothers               (Increasing)

Divorce                                (Increased but then leveled out)

Births to Unwed Women      (Increasing)

Birth Rates                           (Decreasing)

We discussed some of the pros and cons of some of these and it was very interesting to see how some people feel on different topics. We tried to classify these trends into categories according to our own personal opinion, the three categories are as follows, Critical, Significant, or No Big Deal. A lot of our own views come from where we grew up and the experiences that we have had through our journey in this life. When you have an emotional connection to one of these trends you have a very passionate opinion. We also discussed how you can have conflict without arguing, you can have both of these without having a failed marriage, it is just how you handle these situations when you are placed in them.