Divorce and Remarriage

     This week’s topic in class was divorce and remarriage. One thing I learned was that divorce is usually a selfish act. Divorce is understandable if there is a circumstance where one spouse needs a divorce to be protected from a potentially dangerous situation. However, if a divorce is filled for reasons of not getting along that seem unnatural and selfish. As a side note, the wife is the one most likely to file divorce papers. Isn’t that interesting? 

     I also found it interesting that when seeking comfort during hard times like divorce, men tend to turn towards a substance or activity while women look for a relationship. It is also important to keep in mind that divorce is not only hard for the couple going through it, it affects many other people. If the couple has young children, this could be very hard on them. 

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Becoming a Parent

What do you think the purpose of parenting is? I came up with two: 1^st is to prepare children to be self-sufficient and 2^nd to teach moral, spiritual and temporal standards.

Prepare. If you don’t prepare a child to do things on their own they will always need another’s help. One day you won’t be there for your children and it would be awful to be worried about them not being able to care for themselves. How can that child thrive and survive in this world without being prepared?

Teach. This world is full of opinions and the world tries to tell society what is best; that doesn’t mean it is. We need to teach our children what is right and wrong because every choice comes with a consequence (whether it's a good or bad consequence). It is important that we let the natural consequence take place when teaching children. However, a natural consequence should not take place when the outcome is too dangerous, could go too far, or affects others. When that natural consequence does not take place that is when a punishment is given (side note: the worst punishment is isolation). I feel that parents use punishments more than the natural consequence but that’s why there are natural consequence, for us to learn from our mistakes.

Can you think of more purposes of parenting? I would love to hear your thoughts! I am sure that you can come up with plenty of more outcomes and purposes of parenting but I thought the two I talked about were most important to me. Thanks for reading, please comment below if you have something to add or expand on!