This week we talked a lot about dating, and how some of the habits you form in dating can carry into your relationship of marriage. You have to be very careful to carefully date in such a way that we build healthy relationships with those who we care about. One aspect that we talked about is the three P's of dating and the three P's that are roles of a father and husband in a house hold. I never connected the two together before, but it is true that proper dating matches up very well with the attributes you are striving for in a husband.

Paired off - Protect

     responsible for others, getting to know.

Planned - Preside

     beginning, clarity in the beginning, end plan, structure

Paid for - Provide

     in advance

The more you have in common with a person the more likely you are to stay together in a marriage, it is not true that opposites attract, you need to have similarities so that you have something in common a way to connect and something that you can do together. There are somethings that you can have different, as a complement, but you are not opposites. 

We were given the quote in class:

"We badly need to raise our boys more like your girls"

-Gloria Steinham

There are many who say that boys and girls behave so differently because of the way we treat them, and the ideas and stereotypes we put in their minds while they are growing up. I believe that boys and girls are different for a reason, and no matter what they will not be the same. One of my classmates suggested that maybe we should be raising our boys more like gentlemen. Teach them how to be gentle and kind, nurturing and loving, but still protecting and providing for their families. If we were to do this our boys would not have to be like a girl, but rather an even better complement to a woman. I also believe that there is something very special about a woman's ability to nurture and raise children. You cannot change a woman's natural tendencies. Men and women are the way that they are for a reason, and we shouldn't always be trying to change them for what we think is a better mold.

Does Social Class matter in terms of accomplishing the purposes of family?
Yes or No?
Why, How?

No I do not think that social class matters in terms of accomplishing the purposes of family. I feel that no matter where you are in society you can have a very successful family unit. I know that some scenarios will be a little harder than others, but they are all possible. You don't have to have the means to be able to give your kids everything, in some ways that may hurt them more than help them. You simply need to be able to make the best of your situation and show your children the value of hard honest work and all that can come to you because of it.