Chloe's Insights on Marriage and Family Relationships

     Greetings again to my friends of the blog and welcome to another discussion where we learn more about topics regarding marriage and family! Today I want to discuss parenting. This topic may have a different tone for each individual as parenting looks different in each household. Although it is subjective, generally speaking, there are children that have experienced good parenting, some experienced bad parenting and some experienced a lack of parenting completely. A good question to ask yourself is am I actually parenting them or am I just keeping them alive?  Speaking for myself I think I experienced good parenting, with some bumps here and there. After all what you realize as you get older is that your parents are just big kids and don’t truly know what they’re doing most of the time. This results in some mistakes being made every once in a while, a lesson is learned, and they move on with new knowledge. And it also will look different for each child. You may h...

               Hello my smart and distinguished pals! As always, my name is Chloe Capener, marriage and family topic enthusiast and learner, and I am back to discuss another family topic with y’all! I would say today’s topic is very commonly experienced by everyone within a family, especially myself. And this is because according to a recent survey done by the Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts, this topic is one of the three leading causes of Divorce as of 2013. The topic is finances. More specifically family finances and fatherhood. It is primarily expected in a traditional family for the father to be the primary or sole provider of the family’s finances. But with today’s climate and inflation, it is merely impossible for a family to live on one salary. Usually both parents now need to work for the family to be able to live above the poverty line, unless one spouse has a very well-paying job.         ...

               Greetings friends! I would like to welcome you back to another discussion on a subject surrounding marriage and family relationships! The topic I would like to discuss with y’all today is problems with communication. Communication is something we participate in every day and is one of the most important skills in all variations of relationships. It is also an ongoing skill that we develop as we grow and will never fully finish developing. We can always improve our communication skills and through that our relationship quality and duration can be enhanced in every way.                  For the benefit of this discussion, it is important to understand the types of communication we participate in in relationships. You may only think of a person’s words, but there is much more to it. According to multiple studies done it is generally agreed upon that non-verbal language (not sp...

        Hey readers and welcome back to our discussion of marriage and family relationships! Today’s topic is a little more uncomfortable than others just because of some intimate subject matters. However, I do believe that these conversations not only are beneficial to discuss but are vital to those who are considering marriage with someone.          How did you first hear about sex? The age we hear about this can really depend, when we consider where someone is from and what culture they grew up in. I think the majority of us in the United States can say that they learned about the concept of sex at a relatively young age. For me, I think I learned about sex about the age of maybe 8 or 9. I had a neighborhood friend who was a year older than me and must have thought I needed to be under her wing with this subject matter. Luckily, it was not in an abrasive or crude way that I know a lot of others have experienced. I do believe that that...

           Happy June!           Hello again readers and welcome to another discussion on my personal insights into marriage and family relationships! Today I wanted to get the ball rolling and discuss the transitional periods in a marriage. This can be any period of time where there is a big shift in the dynamic or form of the family unit or couple. Some of these big shifts could be officially getting married, adjusting to married life and cohabitation, choosing to have a first child, and decisions regarding having additional children.            There are several things to consider about these periods of change that I would like to talk about. One thing that’s been on my mind is transitioning into married life and living with your spouse. Growing up one thing I dreaded and even now don’t prefer is sharing a room and bed. I like to choose sporadically when I'm going to bed, like to be by myse...

          Hello blog viewers and welcome to our fifth post to this series! For this discussion I wanted to talk about preparing for marriage and how it looks different for different groups. It seemingly looks different for everyone, but culture and generations change how we prepare for marriage.             I first think of the difference between western cultures and other cultures within the context of dating. I know in other cultures it would not be completely strange or wrong to suggest a price for a woman to marry. In our culture we would consider that inhumane and would very much consider that objectifying to women. I do find it so interesting that we fail to realize a lot of the time that we hold paradigms and perspectives from our culture and environment that make it hard for us to understand how things could be done any differently.             I secondly think of the di...