The World is Constantly Changing...

The world is constantly changing and increasing in size. Benjamin Franklin said that every 20 years the world's population will double. His predictions are true so far. In 1970, the population was at 3.68 Billion, just last year, the worlds population was at 7 Billiion. By 2050, it is predicted that the population will be at 9 Billion. Out of all those people in the world, you may be surprised to discover that the marriage rate is decreasing. People are finding it less and less important to get married these days, and our world will suffer becasue of it. Since the 1980's, the divorce rates have been going down. That's good-right? Well, it would be if people were actually getting married! But they are not. Cohabitation is going up and children are now being born into families with unmarried parents. Marriage is no longer seen as an important event in many peoples lives anymore. What happened to the values of marriage people?!? Marriage used to be seen as something that was worthy and desireable and now it is seen more that can be disregarded.

There is science behind why people should get married! Ultimetley, it brings people a sense of happiness and completeness. Overall, married couples report that any problems in depresssion, addictions, criminalism, and finances are brought down to a much lower level than those who do not marry. Many people report that being married and having someone to stand by you through life and expierence life together, is the ultimate goal. Having someone to be there through the up's and down's is better than going through them alone.

Marriage is so important! This is my personal opinion, but it is also my blog so I feel that I can share that. Children deserve to have married parents. They deserve all the happiness in the world. I believe that many would agree that having children with married parents will bring more happiness than children of parents who are not married.

Hello! My name is Elyse

Hello! My name is Elyse Puida, I am currently a student at BYU-Idaho and I am studying Child Development with an emphasis in Family Studies. I love my major! My hope is to be a school guidance counselor. I am so fascinated by the family and how it is changing and evolving every day. I want to be able to be involved in helping families become closer to one another and making their relationships with each other better. I believe that families are of the most important relationships that any human will encounter in this life so it is important for the families to be strong and developed well. I believe that as a future counselor, there is much for me to learn about how to appropriately help them. My goal is to study family relations and how different aspects can affect them. I will post my findings here so that I can frequently look back on what I have learned and see my progress and improvements of the information I have gathered. My hope is also to be able to educate others and shed some light on how strong and healthy relationships is vital. 
I hope that by creating this blog, I am not bias. Being bias is the last trait a good counselor could have. I believe that it is important to have an understanding heart and to also be empathetic and try to understand what others are going through. So as I research and learn about different styles of family, my goal is to post entries that will not offend my readers. I know that I will have opinions, and I will want to share them from time to time, but I will not let that get in the way of my over all goals of reaching to many people.