Test

I thought the test was very hard. I had difficulty with some of the multiple choice questions. I was glad that we got the #4 essay question because I knew the most about that topic. I felt that I did good on the essay tho.

Kids having kids

I was wondering what everyone thought of the 12 year old and the 14 year old having a baby. After finding out that the father was not the 12 year old boy, he said he was devastated. I just don't quite understand how at that age you could really understand fully about what it would be like to have this happen. The parents of the girl even admitted that they allowed them to have sleep overs and everything because she was using birth control. I'm not sure why but I completely disagree with that. It seems wrong to allow kids at that age to do this. Maybe it is because I come from a really strict family. Any thoughts?

Test

So I've been having some trouble on question #1 for the essays. If anyone could give me any information on this question that would be great. Even if you just point me in the right direction so I can look up the answer. Anything would help!

I think the rest of the information for this next test is actually quite interesting!

Thanks

Test 2

I am kind of worried about this test. I think the last one was easier then this one coming up. Does anymore have any ideas about the essay questions?

Power

I think there definitely needs to be shared power in relationships. You can't always depend on one person to decide everything. And if there's children involved it might be better for one of the parents to decide over the other. It's good to have one person always take initiative but you need to share with your spouse or partner.

public intimacy

As we discussed before spring break some couple have trouble with showing affection to their partners and this does not mean a lack of love. When I was growing up my parents had no problem showing eachother affection, kissing everyday before and after work, plus they were constantly touching eachother; holding hand, arms around waist...etc. I had a good neighbor friend and often went to her house. There, her parents were never on the same couch, didn't touch or kiss or show any affection to one another. As a child I assumed this did not mean love and was very sad for my nieghbor because I thought that her parents did not get along. Now that I am older I understand that everyone shows their love and affection in different ways. My friends have relationships and the same goes for them, some of those couples will be "all over eachother", while others feel uncomfortable around people. I know that affection is not always the best way to measure love.

Power in Relationships

It never occurred to me that the person with the most power in the relationship is the one with the least investment in it but it makes total sense. If you are the person who doesn't care you will do whatever you feel like doing because it's of no consequence to you whether the relationship ends or not. If you are the one with the least power that means you are highly invested in making the relationship work so you let te other person get away with things that in other relationships they probably couldn't. It's very sad and makes me wonder how many of the relationships I am in or the relationships I see are like this where one person cares and the other doesn't so the one who doesn't gets rewarded. It's something to look out for that I never considered before.