Family Matters

Today rather than going in detail over specific statistics on one subject regarding the family, I want to discuss how we talk about families in general. How do you personally talk about marriage, children, divorce, commitment etc.? How does society speak about marriage, children, love, divorce etc? What are the messages that we are portraying to the next generations of the most foundational aspect of our society? Jim Bunning, a well known baseball player and a member of the United States senate, once said "A loving family provides the foundation children need to succeed,  and strong families with a man and a woman-bonded together for life - always have been, and always will be, the key to such families." Now for those of you that don't believe in the traditional family of a man and a woman, I make no apology that the statement says the foundation comes from families with both a mom and a dad. No matter how politically correct we try to make things sometimes, there is simp...

How many of you have heard the phrases, “I just hate everyone,” “I got a dog because humans suck,” “the only thing I love about people are their animals.” While I laugh at these phrases and as I have even flippantly stated them on occasion, I think it is important to remember that we all need people. People have an inward and innate longing to be around others and to feel loved and accepted. A song by a popular artist states, “What if you had it all But nobody to call? Maybe then, you'd know me 'Cause I've had everything But no one's listening And that's just lonely I'm so lonely Lonely I'm so lonely Lonely” ( Justin Bieber: Lonely ) I think the song points to an interesting concept, the concept that even someone who is famous and constantly surrounded and supported by people can feel utterly alone. So how does it work, how does someone in a sea of people come to feel like they have no one to lean on. Bieber shows us the answer in just three ...