Mother-daughter relationships, especially through the teen years, can be challenging. Historically speaking also, they usually are challenging. I feel like mothers and daughters are either at each other's throats or the best of friends. Hope for the best, but regardless mothers are supposed to teach the fundametals of being a woman to their daughters. They are supposed to show compassion, understanding, and independence while supporting their husbands. It is an important relationship to continue improving on.
Mother-Son relationships, through my experience, are usually playful ones. The mother gets to experience raising another gender from her own and it is experimental in the beginning. A little boy's wants and needs are very different from a girl's perspective. Even though I don't know a lot about this relationship, I know that it is important for the son to learn about the more emotional side of growing up and listening to his heart, and mothers tend to show more of this than fathers. But again, sometimes fathers are the more emotional ones, so...
Father-daughter relationships are special. The dads usually spoil their little girls and are very protective. They see their daughters as innocent and fragile and see to it that their job be nuturing her in a manly way. I think when dads don't know how to emotionally attach to their daughters, that is when the materialistic spoiling comes into play. The daughter warms the dads heart and believes he can do anything. Very cute.
Father and son are meant to be. They get to guy-bond and do things like fishing and have the safe sex talk. Fathers get to start off their sentences with, "Well, son when I was your age..." Fathers get to teach their sons from experience and the sons have a greater respect for their father because he can relate.
:) yay family
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
How do I know what I know
I know what I know from a multitude of sources. My parents, my classrooms, my senses, books, and the internet have seduced my thinking. These sources have presented facts that I have incorporated into my personal knowledge.
My parents had quite a lot of influence on me in my childhood, as one would assume. I molded my way of thinking to be like theirs. But as I grow up, I decide what things I really agree with that my parents have passed on and what I need to explore for myself a little bit more. My dad especially influences what I think and know, and I am grateful that I have him, after all that is his job.
The school system has also done a lot to educate this mind of mine. I didn't question what I learned through grammar school but in high school it is a different story. I think some required classes are pointless in the real world and some of the statements printed in textbooks I do not agree with. But school did teach me many things, including how to hypothisize and test things out; they taught a method on discovering why and how you know things and why the subject should be known.
I also know things from experience. For example, you cannot touch hot objects without feeling pain and how my perception of love changes. But then there are our resources like novels and computers that inspire and teach as well. Beware of the false knowlegde in fantasy books or sites like wikipedia though...
My parents had quite a lot of influence on me in my childhood, as one would assume. I molded my way of thinking to be like theirs. But as I grow up, I decide what things I really agree with that my parents have passed on and what I need to explore for myself a little bit more. My dad especially influences what I think and know, and I am grateful that I have him, after all that is his job.
The school system has also done a lot to educate this mind of mine. I didn't question what I learned through grammar school but in high school it is a different story. I think some required classes are pointless in the real world and some of the statements printed in textbooks I do not agree with. But school did teach me many things, including how to hypothisize and test things out; they taught a method on discovering why and how you know things and why the subject should be known.
I also know things from experience. For example, you cannot touch hot objects without feeling pain and how my perception of love changes. But then there are our resources like novels and computers that inspire and teach as well. Beware of the false knowlegde in fantasy books or sites like wikipedia though...
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Our Meaning
Humans purpose for their lives = to communicate and express themselves while finding ways to give their love...let me break it down for ya.
It is key to be able to say what you need to say...John Mayer would agree. Throughout our lives, we need to learn the appropriate ways to communicate with all ages because these skills will serve their purpose...this purpose being getting what you want from effectively communicating. This process involves actively listening as well as speaking your mind. We can always improve our communication skills. Another important part is knowing when to communicate and when is not the right time.
As many people would claim that they are so un-creative, I totally believe we were created to express ourselves. Creativity comes in all sorts of ways through almost any activity, and we all need to find the things that we can preform in and let our inner selves out into the world. It betters our health.
And love, well it's all we need, if it comes down to it. Everyone needs someone to care about, and someone to inspire and motivate them. We are so much happier when we are loving someone, and getting that same love in return. The love we seek is the closest thing to perfect that we will ever experience in our lives on this earth, and with that I hope we all can experience these things.
Aw :)
It is key to be able to say what you need to say...John Mayer would agree. Throughout our lives, we need to learn the appropriate ways to communicate with all ages because these skills will serve their purpose...this purpose being getting what you want from effectively communicating. This process involves actively listening as well as speaking your mind. We can always improve our communication skills. Another important part is knowing when to communicate and when is not the right time.
As many people would claim that they are so un-creative, I totally believe we were created to express ourselves. Creativity comes in all sorts of ways through almost any activity, and we all need to find the things that we can preform in and let our inner selves out into the world. It betters our health.
And love, well it's all we need, if it comes down to it. Everyone needs someone to care about, and someone to inspire and motivate them. We are so much happier when we are loving someone, and getting that same love in return. The love we seek is the closest thing to perfect that we will ever experience in our lives on this earth, and with that I hope we all can experience these things.
Aw :)
Thursday, October 7, 2010
God in 2010
'Under God' is still in the pledge. 'In God we trust' is still on the dollar bill. Lady Gaga even thanked God when accepting her many awards. God is incorporated in our American culture, but I think it has become more of a convenience than actual strong rooted belief.
Don't get me wrong, there are many Christians in our society today that are all gung-ho for God, but I think the majority of Americans fling the word God around like it is nothing. Using the Lord's name in vain is so common nowadays, for example.
I also think that people now acknowledge God because they don't want to come off boastful. They do not want to give all the credit to themselves and appear cocky, so they nonchalantly point to a 'higher being'. We have lost the significance of a God in modern society for our selfishness...seems like we're losing the importance of various things for our selfish wants.
God used to be so incredibly valued throughout history. Like remember when people were being burned at the stake for not following the orders of their priests? That was one extreme but I feel as if we are now approaching the other extreme.
To further prove my point, there have recently been heated debates about taking God out of the pledge of allegiance. Something that has been the same throughout history, I'll go as far as saying the backbone of our nation, was going to change because we are simply forgetting the intangible God.
Don't get me wrong, there are many Christians in our society today that are all gung-ho for God, but I think the majority of Americans fling the word God around like it is nothing. Using the Lord's name in vain is so common nowadays, for example.
I also think that people now acknowledge God because they don't want to come off boastful. They do not want to give all the credit to themselves and appear cocky, so they nonchalantly point to a 'higher being'. We have lost the significance of a God in modern society for our selfishness...seems like we're losing the importance of various things for our selfish wants.
God used to be so incredibly valued throughout history. Like remember when people were being burned at the stake for not following the orders of their priests? That was one extreme but I feel as if we are now approaching the other extreme.
To further prove my point, there have recently been heated debates about taking God out of the pledge of allegiance. Something that has been the same throughout history, I'll go as far as saying the backbone of our nation, was going to change because we are simply forgetting the intangible God.
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