week 16!!!

I actually enjoyed the whole class. Everything we went over was very interesting and I think most of the stuff I will never forget. I am going to take more Human Development classes and even some sociology classes. I think the advice I would have to tell a future student is for the quizes and exams you have to study, you need to read, and you need to take notes. When the test comes up actually use your notes, lecture, book, and everything else given during class. Print out everything, it may be a waist of paper, but it helps in a long run. A good teacher also is in need to make a good class, and I believe Mrs. Seeley is a winner. Hope you enjoyed the class as much as I did. Have a good summer, hope to see you all in another online class.

Wee14!!!

(a.) What is the “sandwich generation??” What are some of the challenges that people of this generation face?? Is the empty nest stage more of a myth or a reality for many middle aged parents??
A sandwich generation is when middle aged adults have pressure on themselves of the responsibilities for their children and their elderly relatives. The challenges one might face in a sandwich generation is they must meet the challenges of their own life, dealing with their own aging, and dealing with their retirement coming up. But because of the economy more parents have to support their children and their elderly relatives. They are more likely going to handle not only their finance but their children’s and their elderly parents. Yes, the empty nest stage is just a myth more then reality for more and more of middle-aged parents. According to a recent study 44% of adults in the range of 45 and 55 find themselves still supporting their children as well as their aging relatives. Which does not leave our life’s with much of an exploration time till we die. I do not like the sound of that, if our lives are pretty much over when our parents get to old to take care of themselves and it is too expensive for our children to go and live on their own. What is our future like? It definitely will not be the time to go and explore the world, have time to ourselves, and just to buy something on an occasion. When will the economy realize what the people has done to it and change its bad habits?

Week 14!!!!

How do second marriages compare to first marriages?? Discuss courtship patterns, gender differences, preparation, motivation, and stability in re-marriage.
There really is no difference of a first marriage and a second marriage. The things that might effect a second marriage are; prior children; so then you have pay child support; prior spouses; alimony to the prior spouse if they did not have children; and step children rivalry. There are so many more effects to the second marriage by the first marriage.
Courtship patterns may be harder the second time around because you are out of practice and you may have children and they could effect how you choose who you are courting. Gender makes a difference when it comes to how soon they start dating and how many persons they are courting. Usually men court more women then when a woman is courting she only commits to one man. Also gender makes a difference when it comes to having relations. There may be questions if a second marriage will be stable for the rest of their life or it will fail like the first one did.
Motivation to find someone new after getting divorced would be so they would not feel so lonely and would find someone to be sexual with again. Preparation would be to warn your children of what is going on and also to make sure you have all the essentials for your dates to come. A divorce is hard and finding a new someone is even harder because you do not want to fail again.

Week 13!!!!

(b.) Compare the research presented on "her" divorce and "his" divorce. What do you think accounts for the gendered differences in this regard??

We will first look at “Her” Divorce, next “His” Divorce, and then we will talk about gender differences in this case. “Her” Divorce has two solution factors: the salary gap among females and males, and so the courts do not award the ex-husband to pay for alimony and also child support. Mutually females and males are unable to get alimony from their prior spouses. Since males have higher pay they are unlikely to get alimony from their spouses. In a divorce the courts will also look at the females contributions towards the whole lot and the future earnings of the male. Many females suffer in a traditional marriage because they loss status, identity, and their home which they put all their work into.
“His” Divorce often has a lot of rage, disturbing pain, unreliability, other debts, ongoing disagreement with the former spouse, and remarriage can often turn into noncompliances with a court-ordered child support. Males also fear negative response due to their prior marriage. Even though most males get more profit from a divorce then a female in areas such as; economically, they also familiarity dislocation of a fall apart.
Gender differences in a divorce often are created from females and males unlike experiences in the actual marriage. Each marriage contains two different marriages “Hers” and “His” they are very opposite and that are why there is a “His Divorce” and a “Her Divorce.”

Week 12!!!

I love the Dixie Chicks. I believe songs like “Good-bye Earl” do increase the awareness of domestic violence, but only for a brief amount of time. I think that when people are not involved with the problem of domestic violence people do not realize how serious it is. People do not want to be thinking how serious and scary it could be if domestic violence happened to them, even someone they love, or someone they know. I do not think that songs that address domestic violence do a disservice to people that want to raise social consciousness. I think that the songs help a little bi but not enough. We still need to increase the knowledge of domestic violence across the world in elementary school, middle school, high school, and college. Other wise children will not understand how serious domestic violence really is.

Week 10!!!

www.livescience.com/reproduction/
Is about how reproduction works the organs that you need for reproduction. About fertility, sex organs, cells that are needed, sexual reproduction, diseases, why we have sex and many other things. Also it tlks about animal reproduction and the differences of animals and humans in the sexual way.
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/reproduction
Gives the definition of reproduction of plants, animals, humans, and organisms. Tells how reproduction actually works.
www.communitybridges.org/positivenagitive.html
This website has a little bit of everything. It gives you tips on; pregnancy, ages and stages, why children behave the way they do, punishment vs. disapline, playing, and much more. This is a great website that has a lot of information if you need help with your child or children.

Week # 8

(b) given the combination of rising costs of weddings and the decreased stigma of cohabitation and pre-marital sex, do you think that marriage has become more of an luxury, or an option, than a required passage to adulthood??

I believe that marriage has lost its excitement over the years. I mean it is not a requirement in order to have relations or be with the one you love. You can do as you please. You can live with a man or women and not be married, cohabiting, or have a common-law marriage. You can just be living with a boyfriend or girlfriend that you enjoy being with.
Getting married has gotten too expensive. I mean there are ways to get around an expensive marriage. I mean unless you want a big one of course. The bigger the ceremony and reception the more expensive it gets. The smaller the ceremony and reception if you choose to have one the cheaper it is. I had a cheap wedding, all I had to pay for was my dress the pastor, and the wedding license. The total I paid on my wedding was two hundred dollars. I did not have a reception. My reception was my husband, a few friends, and I went to Red Lobster for dinner and our friends split the bill. It was a short but sweet ceremony. Just the way I like it. I mean every women has her dreams no matter how much it cost they will get what they want.