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Selecting a Life Partner

 Selecting a life partner has been a big stressor for many people in the world. I hear of all these checkboxes my friends have for this special someone to come by and check them all off. When I hear these long checklists it makes me think that this perfect person doesn't exist, and if they did she/he wouldn't be interested in them. I think my friends are great and wonderful people, but the idea of this perfect person will come into their life and sweep them off their feet and will get married soon after probably won't happen. I've never been too stressed out by finding a life partner until my girlfriend mentioned marriage to me. I never gave it any thought until that moment. She just wanted to know my thoughts on the matter. I started to think of my own checklist and what I wanted in my forever life partner. Some attributes that come to mind include intelligence, kindness, sense of humor, attractiveness, and reliability. Faith also comes to mind, does she have a relatio...
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Parenting

  I thought parenting has always been a difficult thing that can be done in a thousand different ways. There are thousands of websites and books that claim they have the superior method of parenting. It’s hard to think how I will parent my own kids when I’m not even married yet. In class we talked about different ways parenting can be done. Popkin’s purpose in parenting was to protect, prepare, survive, and thrive. To also teach the child courage, self-esteem, responsibility, cooperation, and respect. I agree with Pobkin's purpose of parenting and the qualities he wants to teach children. To protect their child so they can grow up in a safe environment. To eliminate the danger that their child might be faced with while growing up. To protect them from bad influences that might surround him/her. To also prepare their child to learn and grow, through trials and making mistakes in their life. Popkin also talked about allowing the child to receive natural consequences. Such as having t...
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Family Stress

  Family stress refers to an imbalance between the demands facing a family and the ability of that family to handle the demands. Because of family stress arguments, fighting, and other poor communication skills can occur. Family stress can cause fatigue, health problems, and general exhaustion because of busy schedules. Confusion, especially in children about relationships with other family members. Certain family members may become more dependent on food, alcohol, and other substances to help them handle the stress around them. I know personally, I deal with stressors with humor. My family and fiance dislike how I do that because it seems as if it doesn’t matter to me. I do really care about the situation and half the time I don’t do it on purpose. I just automatically will joke about the matter to deal with the stress and make light of the situation. Stressors in a family could be trying to balance work and parenting, caring for a new baby while trying to maintain previous respon...
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