The Most Important Unit

One of the prompts for my family relations class is: What are two aspects of your own culture you'd like to perpetuate, and two you would like to set aside or improve? How can you do that?  This is the prompt that I am going to talk about to day. Growing up I had the best of both worlds. I had my father’s culture and my mothers culture. My father is from Lima, Peru and my mother is from Ohio, USA. Two very different parts of this planet. It amazes me that the two of them were able to create a family and blend their two cultures together. Two aspects of my culture that I loved were that: 1. Peruvians like to party and 2. Education is priority. I loved the parties from my fathers family because it brought a sense of unity into all of the homes. It was also a great way for me to get to my own culture even though I was born and raised in Idaho. I appreciate education being a priority because it is what brought me to where I am today. I can’ imagine my life without education. Education ...

In my family relations course this week we talked a lot about what is true and how we determine truth. There are so many different sources that try to tell us what truth is. Some of the sources I have seen in my own life are: social media, news outlets, religion, and mankind. I guess one of the biggest questions for me is am I actually taking what I hear to be truth right away or am I using specific methods to determine if what I hear is true or not. One of the most basic methods of Science is the Scientific method. I love the scientific method because it never changes. I learned it for the first time in the 4th grade, and then in every grade after that! The scientific method goes as follows:  1. Making an observation Observing phenomena, happening or pattern of events.  2. Form a hypothesis Using data to explain scientific ideas.  3. Carry out An experiment  Tests that reasonably confirm or overturn hypothesis.  4. Collect data Carefully measuring results of ex...

 BLOG POST #1 What is intimacy? Intimacy can be discovered in the influence of multicultural society, & the impact of sex roles/ sexuality. Intimacy is not just for romantic relationships. It is also something that occurs in our closest immediate family ties. We can even learn more about our identity as we learn about the kind of family we belong to. Social scientists have found that intimacy is needed in order to thrive. Good intimacy includes love, affection, caring, and deep attachment to a friend, lover, spouse, or relative. Intimacy actually begins with our own family, which is one of the reasons why the family is the most important unit. As humans we are social creatures, and for that reason “The experience of loneliness, the feeling of being slated from desired relationships, dramatizes the fact that we are social creatures. Everyone feels lonely sometimes. From some people, however, loneliness is serious.” Loneliness can be categorized in two parts. Social loneliness an...

 Hi!   I am Ana Valle. I am from the western part of the United States and I am currently a junior at the Brigham Young University of Idaho. I am pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a an emphasis in Industrial Organization, cluster in Child Development, and a certificate in Family and Human relations. This Blog is part of a semester long assignment for my Family Relations course. Here I will share what I learn regarding family development “across the lifespan”, including the study of the family as a system family interaction and family roles”. I hope to share some useful information with everyone who reads this. Most importantly I am eager to share my thoughts and opinions regarding the most important unit: the family. Feel free to comment and ask questions!