Tonight we learned about Parenting; mainly who it affects and how they are affected. I loved this because I realized that parenting typically affects the parent more than the child in the long run. Though the first years of a child shows rapid growth in the body, Brother Williams made a point that he feels growth can be just as intense, if not more after we become parents. We also discussed different types of parenting. Authoritative is definately the one I will strive to be. Loving and understanding, though keeping boundaries and limits on my children. It's important that we as parents aren't being too restrictive or too leanient, and that we counsel our children so they know why they do what we are asking them to.

This weekend we were to write our Fatherhood Paper. I loved this assignment because I tend to focus only on myself as a future mother. It's nice to see everything from another viewpoint and being able to recognize how I can not only be a good mother, but help my future spouse become a good father as well. The childrens' development is based crucially on how they are raised and this is very important to consider and improve on! I'm excited to here everyone else's thoughts on Tuesday!

Yesterday we discussed communication; both from the listener and the talker's side. It was amazing to see how many different ways we communicate and imply things through words or even facial expressions. We also discussed how the presidenct of our church meets with his apostles and how that can be related to family or just our homes in general. I thought it was interesting because this same night, one of our roommates that doesn't get along with the rest of us too well demanded an apartment meeting. I used the lesson to initiate prayer before and after to release some tension and get our points across in a mature manner.