·       Remarriage

This section really opened my eyes because you have to treat these couples different if you were to council them. It is different when there are all ready kids and you become a step parent. One thing I liked is that when you re marry you need to be carful how you parent if it is not your child. You should not be the discipliner that will create a lot of problems. You just need to be there and show that you care in away you can say it is important to bit your tongue and just love them. I really liked just hearing about brother Williams experiences because I can see how this could be hard.

Week 12

·      Divorce

I thought some of the trends were interesting, like in 1955 22 percent of Americans still believe that divorce is morally wrong.  I think it is interesting to see the change from then to know. Ever since the no fault divorce it just has increased. The thing that is interesting is how we as a society don’t understand the importance of marriage. We believe that if we want out we can and it is easy and there are not big effects which is sad. Because divorce it not a good thing

Week 7

Mandatory Sex Ed Details May Be Too Racy for Parents: Report

Details about the new sex education curriculum in New York City public schools are out -- and some are concerned the lessons are too racy.

The New York Post obtained workbooks that will be used for the new recommended curriculum, which begins in middle schools and high schools around the city next spring. Parents, they say, may be shocked by details of the work.

Middle school students will be assigned "risk cards" that rate the safety of different activities, the paper says, from French kissing to oral sex.

The workbooks for older students direct them to a website run by Columbia University, which explores topics such as sexual positions, porn stars, and bestiality. The lessons explain risky sexual behavior and suggest students go to stores to jot condom brands and prices.

The Department of Education says the curriculum "stresses that abstinence is the best way to avoid pregnancy and STD/HIV" and reminded the Post that parents have the option to exclude their kids from lessons on "methods of prevention."

When given details of the new programs, one Manhattan mom -- who has a child in middle-school -- was surprised.

"I didn't know how much detail they would get," she said.

In August, Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs commended the return of mandatory sex ed, saying the DOE wants to give students the correct information about sexual activity if they do choose to engage in it.

"We want to help kids to delay the onset of sexual activity, and if they choose to engage in sexual activity, to do it in a healthy way," she said. 

The classes will be coeducational, and can be incorporated into existing health education courses. 

I think this is so wrong what do you think? What could we do diffrent

Lesson 11 Parenting

·      Parenting

I enjoyed the time we spent talking about parenting. I am really nervous to be a parent some day, so I really enjoy when we talk about things that will help me. We talked about some principles that I thought was really neat. Principles of communication how we can better communicate with are kids, 1 listen. 2 Respond to feeling, 3 look for alternatives/ evaluate consequences, 4 offer encouragement, 5 follow up later

·      Styles of parenting

There are three styles, first authoritarian is were the parent exercises maximum control and expect unquestioning obedience. Second styles Authoritative this style is to put boundaries on acceptable behavior within a warm, accepting content. Third is Permissive, the approach is minimize any control. The best type to be is authoritative.

Week 6 / Marriage

Adjustments of Marriage

What I thought was interesting when we talked about what  are some things that making the beginning of marriage hard. A lot of time it is just being able to adjust to them. Like Finances, Habits, Idea of Marriage, way of communicating, and having to think of someone else. I like this list because it is saying these are something’s that you need to think about and make sure that you both are on the same page. Because if people cant fight there way through these adjustment it can lead to divorce.