Week Six!!!

(a.) Go to the following website and check out the information on talking about sex with your kids. How does the advice given on this website compare to how you learned about sex?? How does the way that a person talks about sex to her/his children communicate attitudes about sex?? How does it communicate attitudes about sex in the culture??
I believe the technique only works for some families. My family was very open about the subject. We would all sit around the dinner table during dinner and talk about it all the time. It felt as if it became a ritual. That may be the reason why my brother, sister, and I never brought or boyfriends or girlfriends around. The friends we did bring over for dinner we had to warn them to make sure that they felt comfortable about the matter.
It depends on how they feel about sex and how clear the parent makes it. Such as if a parent is calm and rational but as soon as the child asks a question about sex they flip out the child may become scared to talk to there parents about it. But if a parent does not speak to there child about sex at all maybe there child grows up and does not think anything is wrong or anything will happen if they have sex. There are many ways to look at it. Different cultures and religions have different feelings about sex. Some cultures and religions do not think it is moral to have sex until they are married or have sex at all. Everyone learns about sex a different way. Everyone teaches sex a different way as well. Techniques of the matter are a persons choice and they should choose how to confront the issue before, during, and after, just to check and make sure nothing bad has happened to there child.

week five

My parents Meet at the Truckee Recreational park on the 4th of July, 30 years ago, at a barbque. It was not love at first sight. They were with a group a friends (not together) the two groups ran into one another and the guys asked the girls out on a date.(Never meet before that.) After they hung out for the rest of the day. For the most part they have common goals and common interest they are mostly family orriented.
When I was looking for a partner I was looking for; looks, personality, characteristics, how much we had in common, family life, how he was brought up, what he wanted out of life, what he wanted out of marriage, honesty, goals we had in common, and anything that would bring us closer in a relationship. I have shifted in what I wanted because when I was younger I was not looking for a partner for life. I was just looking for a partner for a short period of time. It was just someone to be with and to experiance things with. It helped me narrow down my expectations for my future husband. I found out what I liked and I did not like. What I wanted and what I did not want.

week four

I believe the valentines day is just another holiday to get people to spend money on one another. My husband and I do not have any traditions for valentines day we have tried to get a romantic night out or in but something always pops up like work or a deployment. Yes, I remember valentines day in elementry school. Thoose were the good old days. I mean during that day we wold have a party and exchange valentines presents.
I do think it is good practice for children. Even though, I believe the time that counts to get valentines is all through your life, because if you stop others will stop caring as well. I believe practice teaches us about love by showing others you care and other people care for you as well. It is not just about acceptence but showing people your true feelings whether it just be a friend, lover, mom, dad, or sibling its the thought that counts. I
I mean it is a great feeling when one day out of the whole year comes around and you can express your true feelings without being judged. I do not feel any pressure on this holiday because I know the people around me on the day know how I care about them, because I express it to them everyday. It is not like when I was back in high school and the coolest person got the most valentines presents. I like when you grow up!!!!

Gender

There are many toys in the world today that can be versatile to both “female” and “male”. I mean there are certain ways to play with other genders toys. For example: say you are playing with your younger brother with JI Joe and you have your Barbie dolls. There is roll playing going on. If a little boy does not have a sibling to role play with toys he is stuck doing it himself. Once you get older there are things to keep separately such as sports. For example: football and cheerleading. But other then that both genders in a certain degree can do whatever there mind takes them.
With house work and raising children it should be an equal task. So it teaches your children there is no right or wrong thing a man or women can or cannot do. Teach them that what ever they want to do they can do it. You should not hold them back in any way. I mean otherwise you may be teaching your children the wrong thing. The world is evolving and it should evolve in a good way, not back to when the men are greater then women. (Or so they thought.) The women can do whatever a man can do such as; go to war, shoot a gun, work, manage workers, and many other things.
It is a good thing that women are finally getting noticed for all the things we can do. I still believe there are some men that need a reality check but it will happen when a woman becomes president or they have a women boss. There are something’s that have changed the transsexuals, hermaphrodites, can now have surgery to fix there appearance to what they want thanks to plastic surgery.
What I consider “female” is feminine, sweet, polite, well mannered, care giver, loving, organized, creative, politically educated, compulsive, sensitive, independent, assertive, competitive, and educated. What I consider “male” is pig like, masculine, hairy, loves alcohol, manly, strong, educated, macho, authoritive, self discipline, think of themselves as a leader, athletic, creative, and horney. My view of gender has changed due to the fact the world is changing due to the fact the world is changing. I have also experienced the military and it helped me understand and appreciate a lot of things I did not when I was younger. I do not have a problem with today’s view on gender because it is becoming more equal then what it was.

Theoretical perspective

After reading the chapter I was quit in aw. I mean the whole time I could not belive that most of what I was reading was new to me. I like the fact that I do not know a lot of this subject. I wanted to learn more of familys in different situations and the different racies how they dealt with family sistuations. All cultures and racies are different and taught differently. With the theoretical perspectives the one I understode the most would be the developmental theory. The whole thing about the stages of marriage and family was quite clear and very right. I mean there might be somethings in the middle that are missing but mainly very true. The theoretical perspective that I understood the least would be the conflict theory. I do not think that the social structure and institutions in socieity are the only ways to get conflict in a family and marriage. I believe there are more then two ways to get conflict. But maybe it is someones perspective and not more then one persons perspective on the conflict theory. Over all the other theorys such as; functional theory, symbolic interaction theory, and family systems theory are all pretty self explanitory.

" About me"

Hello! My name is Sharron Cousin also known as Sharron Anderson. I was born and raised in Truckee, California. I have a ten moth old daughter, she was born on March 3rd, 2007 at 3:00am. Her name is Alexis Mari Cousin. My husband is currently in Afghanistan, he is in the US Marine Corps, he will be there for six to seven months. We met when I was in the US Army and we where both stationed in Hawaii. We were not on the same base but we met at a club right after I got back from a year and three months deployment in Kandahar, Afghanistan. We were married on November 27th, 2005. I have currently been out of the military since December 15th, 2007. I am now a stay at home mom that is attending college here at Sierra in Truckee and I spend time with my daughter throughout the day. My husband and I are happily married but because of the military living in two different parts of the world is quite hard. That is one of the downfalls of marrying someone in the military. I am taking this class because I thought it would be interesting and very informative. I really want to get a feel from a different perspective and more educated people's perspective on family's. Maybe I can learn something from this class and put it to good use. My job was a 92-y which was a Unit Supply Specialist. My rank was a Corporal, which is a rank in between specialist and Seargent. I flew around to different fire bases and supplied other soldiers with basic needs. Such as; food, water, clothing, ammunition, bathing supplies, and many other supplies. It was a great experience but, I can honestly say that I never want to do it again or visit that country ever again. Third world is a horrible place to live and I feel sorry for those who do. I am glad the USA has what it has other wise we would have a lot of conflict in our country like their's. I learned never to take things for granted and I will always remember that. I will try and teach my children that but, somethings a person needs to learn on their own, just as we all have.