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Fifty years ago, divorce was something little to know about.  What changed?  The freedom for protection, the freedom to have happiness some say.  In the past, families were together no matter what happened.  But since there is an option for a divorce, the word divorce runs more ofter when couple fight.  Man in general, I would say, spoiled the reputation for all man.  Authority was abused, if you are physically and emotional stronger, it does not give you any right to abuse a person who God created.  

Most of the huge mistakes that are done is when a kid becomes an adult—adolescent.  It is a rebellious attitude: no one is right except me.  However, it all changes as this person grows and sees that the world that he lives in, he will have a totally view of the world later on in life.   Article on "Inside the Teen Brains," by Shannon Brownlee and Roberta Hotinski makes an interesting point on teenagers brains:  "Yes, teenagers do have brains, but theirs don't yet function like an adult's.  With the advent of technologies such as magnetic resonance imaging, neuroscientist have discovered that the adolescent brain is far from mature.  'The teenager brain is a work in progress,' says Sandrea Witelson."  Great scientific analysis on teenagers brain.  But what kind of conclusion can we make from this?  Lots...

http://www.deliveringhappiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/happyball.jpg All of us are in pursue of happiness. We desire to love and be loved. We pursue better life style, more comfortable vehicle, modern clothes, more easier and faster technology—a freedom to make choices and not be judged by others. But what is happiness? Can it be that what we pursue, actually doesn’t satisfy us? I can say that we all might disagree on what makes us happy. What make you happy, doesn’t make me happy, what makes me happy, probably wont bring you joy. The thought is conceived, then it perused, when accomplished, it bring the reward to our minds (this is called happiness)—we pursue it, it’s our dream. However, does what we pursue actually satisfies our comfort? After the fall of man, can it be that we are pursing the empty conception?

http://feedgrids.com/originals/images/uploads_post/image1.jpg I’ve always wondered if parents carry any responsibility for how their children turn out in life. Well lately, there has been research done on parenting styles. Four basic parenting styles are identified: uninvolved, indulgent, authoritarian, and authoritative. Uninvolved are the one’s who does not respond to his children and demand something little from them. Children get into trouble in their early years and perform poorly in life. They also have low self-esteem and high level in depression and substance abuse. This parenting style opens doors for other to set rules in their child life. Indulgent are high responsive to the need’s of their children but are not demanding. The children also get into trouble in their early life and perform poorly in school. However, these children have a better social life, higher self-esteem. These children say that they high too much money and have nothing to do, another w...

Lately I've watched "The Medical Child," for my psychology class.  "Marcel Gaviria confronts psychiatrists, researchers and government regulator about the risks, benefits and many questions surrounding prescription drugs for troubled children."  Interviewing doctors, families, and those who responsible to do research on the medication that children take. http://www.chiro.org/pediatrics/DISCONTINUED/ritalin.gif Since 1990's, the bipolar disorder is skyrocketed among children.  More and more parents are told that the way their child behaves is not normal, therefor medication is the solution.  The bipolar disorder is "A psychological disorder marked by manic and depressive episodes" (Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary).  In other words, the mood swing back and forth from being hyper to a depression mode.  But can you really do this analysis on the children? What if that's a normal behavior for being a child?   How do we kn...

What does it means, “no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father” (John 6:65)? www.193.105.21.101/image/14834/space_stars_3_1920x1200.jpg Granted what? Some might say that Jesus is talking to disciples and here is the context when God is choosing the disciples, God grants disciples a way to Jesus. There were twelve disciples, and God choose them to be with Christ. Others might say that Jesus here is talking about how God is revealing the revelation to people, but they need to believe in Him first; person needs to shows interest in Jesus, then God grants him or aproves his desire. But when we look at the context, non of these two ideas supported by these verses. Jesus is having a dialog with people who showed interest in him but they can’t understand and believe what Jesus is saying. And second, this text never mentions about person interest in God following with God's approval.  But we see the opposite, those who do show interest in Jesus are those who ...

Most of us weren’t made to think that marriage is a way towards Godliness, a way towards holiness .  Gary Thomas, in his book “Sacred Marriage,” reasons through the practical Christian life with his and other marriage examples.  The main purpose of this book is to show what marriage is all about: “the real purpose of marriage may not be happiness as much as it is holiness” (22-23, italics added). http://covenantlifetampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/sacred_marriage.jpg Thomas gives enough examples to the readers, common problem that usually occurs among the families do to a wrong pursues.  In the first couple of years, spouses are trying to build relationship, romance is usually the big part of marriage, but with a misunderstanding about what marriage is all about, marriage becomes a struggle.  Thomas gives example of his own life: “The joyful exploration of our honeymoon; filling out a preliminary application for a miss...