Author Archives: kenzierasaka

            There are a lot of reasons people decide that divorce is the best decision for their family. There are a few statistics that people are not unaware of. When you hear about these statistics it may give you the little push you need to try harder in your marriage and not take the easyContinue reading “Divorce and Blended Families”

What is the purpose behind parenting? Popkins said, “to protect and prepare children to survive and thrive in the world in which they will live.” So, what does this really even mean? When I think of the word protect in the context of parenting, I think from the world, Satan, false teachings, and bad habits.Continue reading “Parenting”

Do you the impact that fathers have on the way children end up behaving? There are significant benefits to having a father in the home and present in the raising of children. When a father is absent, both boys and girls are impacted. By the time girls are 13, with no father, they tend toContinue reading “Fathers and Finances”

The problem with communication is that the way we convey our thoughts and feelings must be accepted. Thoughts and feelings lead us to encode a message, we must then find a medium to convey the message, and the other person must decode in order to understand our thoughts and feelings. They must then encode thatContinue reading “Communication”

There are many things that can happen at any time that would lead to a family crisis. Let’s talk about stress. We always talk about stress in a negative light, but in reality, it is what gives pressure. We have to have stress on our bodies in order for our bones to stay strong andContinue reading “Family Crisis”

When you think of the word fidelity, I’m sure there are immediate thoughts that come into your head. For me, I immediately think of being true to someone with exactness. When I google the word, I got the definition “faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support”. Isn’t that whatContinue reading “Infidelity in Marriage”

            Going from being a single person to being married to someone else can literally change your life overnight. No matter how long you dated, courted, and were engaged before marriage. There is no way you can prepare for this type of change. It is interesting when you get married and all of a suddenContinue reading “Transition to Marriage”

“Dating” can be a confusing word. This is because it can mean either going on dates with different people, or it can mean you are exclusively with one person. Dating has a huge impact on marriages and how successful they are. When people start out, they go on a date or two, decide they likeContinue reading “Dating”

Gender is a more polite way of saying sex, as in male and female. Children are born with distinct characteristics and biological factors that determine what gender they are. There are special circumstances when a child is born with both, but this is rare. I am going to talk about the distinctions between male andContinue reading “Gender and Family Life”

Culture is “customs, arts, social institutions, achievements, a set of shared attitudes, values, practices, and/or goals.” When we talk about family culture, we may think that since it’s ingrained into us, and we have been raised a certain way, we cannot change our own family culture. But I am here to say THAT IS AContinue reading “Socioeconomic Status & Family Culture”