Guilt of Parents

This week during our regular studies for class, we were required to do 2 hours of our own research on whatever topic interested us.  I researched troubled teens. One of the first articles to pop up talked about the guilt parents felt for their misbehaving children.  The study was interesting because the parents were not allowed to talk about guilt, but whether or not they were good parents.  What I found was the parents who had children that acted out the most and got in the most trouble, were the parents that said they were great parents.  I also found a correlation between parental involvement in a child's life and student success.  I'm not stating any of these as facts, but I found it ironic that the more a parent was involved with their child, the more successful the child was as a student.

Is being gay a choice?

This is a highly discussed question.  Here is a video that really opened up my eyes on whether we choose or not. Hopefully this will give all of you some insight.  I really enjoy the reactions and realizations people in this video have.  Having same gender attraction is a real struggle that many people deal with.  The difference is whether people choose to act on their urges or not, just as any other temptation.  This is my personal view.

It all started with a key....

So, the other day, a few of my roommates--Arianne and Alesha--decided to go to Walmart to make copies of our keys.  When we arrived, we had no idea what blessings and goodies we were in for.  Walking in, we naturally started shopping and looking at the pajamas.  Reminiscing on our childhood, we started talking about footsie pajamas and how cool it would be have them in our size.  I began to tell them how they are still produced and then I stopped.  Far across the store, hanging on the spotlighted rack, I saw it.  A Super Woman Onesie, cape included. I knew in that moment in time that I HAD to have it.  After waiting for what seemed to be an eternity, Alesha, Arianne and I finally got assistance to try on our new found pajamas.  We all agreed in a second that these were coming home with us.  After shopping around a little more, we traveled to the back of the store to get our keys made. Seeing three girls, the employee Keigan, a scronny kid that was obviously more than eager to help, came to our rescue...or so we thought.  He began by saying, "So, to warn you, I'm not really sure what I'm doing, but I can try." We decided to wait for someone to come teach him so that we wouldn't lose our only key copies.  While we were waiting, a woman walked up and I noticed she had a Mary Kay pin on.  I thought "Oh great, here we go. She's going to try to sell me stuff that I can't afford cause I'm in college." I did notice that she had a pan of cheesecake though.  She asked us if we wanted some free cheesecake. What college student doesn't turn down free cheesecake? To make things even better, she offered us a free facial! So I began thinking, "All this has got to be too good to be true. What's the catch?" She then, invited us to her meeting next week where we would receive free facials and free pedicures.  This could not get better! Then she told us if we brought a friend, we get a prize! I asked her what the catch was, but she told us we didn't have to buy anything if we didn't want to! After this, our keys were finished being made and we were leaving Walmart with free cheesecake, an appointment for free pedicures, free facials and another prize, not to mention awesome pajamas!  When we returned home, we tested our keys and immediately put on our pajamas.  We finished some homework and deemed the rest of the night as girls night.  We put on a movie and ate our free cheesecake in our new onesies. The night turned out to be way better than we could have ever possibly expected!

Introduction

Hello! I'm Allison and I created this blog for my Family Relations course. Throughout the semester, I will be posting my views on what we are discussing in class and also other events and memories. Please feel free to comment often and check out my other classmates' blogs!