Welcome to my Blog!

Hey Y'all! My name is Chloe Capener and I am a student at Brigham Young University-Idaho. I am studying Psychology with a minor in Marriage and Family Studies. As a part of one of my Marriage and Family courses, I have created this blog to share with you all the things I have learned and start some very important conversations about what marriage and family is all about and some of the ideas we get wrong. So stay tuned for more! I welcome you guys to comment on, and chat with me on these posts to get people's opinions and thoughts on these subject matters :)

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