One of the cool experiences about this past weeks part of the class assignments was observing how parents and their children interact with each other. I also took this opportunity to observe myself a few times with my own daughter and how she interacts with the both of us parents.
One observation I had with one of the families at Albertson was that every time the child wanted something the child would cry or whine a little bit. The dad would then react and say, What's the matter? While the mom would say, please use your words. Another time it was, sweetie, did you mean juice? The mom would say this. The dad says the same thing, What's going on son?
One of the greatest books I have the opportunity to read right now is the "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People," by Stephen Covey. And one of the first principles taught by Dr. Covey is being pro-active. While observing this little family, I noticed that the mom was usually the one being pro-active. The dad reacts and instead of trying to understand the situation, would ask the questions, what's the matter. Whereas the mom would say, honey did you want you sippy?
No wonder why kids are more lean towards moms!
Now, this is not always the case. Mom do it too. While observing this little family, it made me realized that I do the same thing too. So I need to help my daughter and try to understand her need before I respond.

I think it's interesting learning about the different trends that we talked about in class this week about the family. Some were not so significant and others pretty staggering. Like for example the divorce rate and how much cohabitation goes on in our society today. I think these are pretty incredible information to consider and remind our young people to be careful about. So much of what is intended for the happiness of our love ones can sometimes depend on how we take these issues and talk to them about it.
Another important thing that I've learned from this week's discussion is the different walks of life we've all traveled through. Some expressed their concern about who will take care of their younger siblings because before it was them. Others shared that their parents are taking second jobs and even mothers are out there in the work force. I believe moms should stay home and tend to the children, organize or prepare meals. That's the way it should be. But listening to some in class, they say that it's not a big deal. I think it is big deal especially for those families with children. Children need to be trained all the time and nourished them with good values. Who else better to do that than mom? They need the daily interaction in the home. Anyway those are my thoughts.

Hello there!

My name is Alema Seu and  I am studying at BYU-Idaho in Emergency Services Administration. I look forward to reading your posts.