Family Relations

      Today we talked a lot about what goes on a lot today in this world. A ton of parents are getting in a divorce and sometimes a remarriage. During divorce tons of people always say "I could have" or "I should have". Divorce is hard so and so they always blame themselves and get mad at there selves and wish that they hadn't married there spouse or wish they could have fixed the marriage. 70% of males after divorce wish they could have saved their marriage and 70% of males after the 2 year of divorce they are more likely to get married. I think that's crazy how men get married more likely after divorce first before women.      Most of the time divorce families get 50/50 custody but it usually it doesn't even look like fifty fifty custody. Usually the mother has the children Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and the dad would get one day of the weekend like a Sunday. Then they alternate the weekends every other week. This roles

This week we talked about the Needs of children. The first one is contact, and belonging. This is very important to know that you mean something to other people. I know for me when someone tells me I matter to them it makes me feel happier and I feel like it's worth living because I know people care about me. If we do this for children it will help them know that they are worth it and that they belong here. They will know it also when they grow up they have learned that they belong so they will grow up with more of a positive mindset. The next one is physical touch. This is also very important knowing someone genuinely cares and it helps them be more calm and relaxed. Our teacher talked about how he had some kid in his ward that was very energetic and was always moving around to the point where he couldn't ever stand still. One day he got up into our teacher's face at church and my teacher didn't really like it. He had an idea that every time he went up to this kid he