Adventures in Family Relations

Sevanna Baird: https://sevsfamily.blogspot.com Kelsi Hansen:  https://familylifegbb.blogspot.com/  (Links to an external site.) Mick Burningham: https://mbfamilytoday.blogspot.com James Richens: https://jamesrichensfamilyrelations.blogspot.com/ Jordan Hudson:   https://jordanhudsons.wordpress.com/ Monique Reher: https://monqiuereher.blogspot.com/ Elisabeth Hampton:  https://elisabethhampton.family.blog  (Links to an external site.) C. Ming's : https://factsandfalsehoodsaboutfamilies.wordpress.com  (Links to an external site.) Celeste Hixson:  https://celestehixson.blogspot.com/ Audrey Flores: https://audreykaydrey1.blogspot.com Joshua Mataalii:  https://famalii.blogspot.com/2018/09/little-children-show-you-value-and.html#comment-form Kallie Slater : https://kfamilyrelations.blogspot.com Rachel Romrell's : https://hints4happyhomes.blogspot.com Megan Smoot's:  https://mdsfamilyrelations.weebly.c...

Welcome to the blog! This will be a collection of my thoughts from my Family Relations class at Brigham Young University Idaho. It is my first year at this university, and I am very far from home (Michigan) but I have been loving it so far! In my free time and when I don't have homework (and regrettably sometimes when I do) I love hiking, hanging out with friends, and longboarding (this last fact makes me seem way edgier than I actually am).

In a nation of advancing technology, one can assume the effects that it has had on the social lives of its citizens. Though it’s now easy to communicate with others quickly and effectively, the actual value of our connections is decreasing. Its more common for relationships to be digitized, resulting in a lack of interpersonal and social cues. More people are losing their relationships to their phones, tablets and other devices. Its hard to develop organic relationships now, as phones are almost always part of dating life and getting to know people.   Research shows that in fact toddlers are learning to speak at a much later age, because of the effect technology has on their early relationships with family members. This is a relevant fact as speech is an essential part of communication, and today many relationships and marriages are failing because of a lack of communication skills. Research shows that people with happy social lives are happy people, so the issue at hand ...