Gunner White

 As a twenty one year old college student dating has been a pretty important part of my life. For one, having a family is one of my biggest goals and being an awesome dad is part of that, but in order to have a great family, I need to date people to find out what type of person I can love the most, and whether or not they would be able to have a family with me. Of course dating isn't just for finding someone to have a life with, but I would be lying if that wasn't one of things I thought about before or after the date.  Dating also tends to have some rules to it, but those rules are now changing as time goes on, much like the roles of a family. One of the main rules for a date was that the man always pays for the date, but it has gradually been changing to whoever asks out the person pays for the date to add a bit more equality to the equation. I'm honestly not mad about the change because that means that I can go on dates and not have to worry about the price of a date, an...

 As a kid from what I Think is a pretty healthy family I have found an interest in comparing the roles of my parents and how they differ from each other. One of the first major things that I noticed was that mothers are wonderful at the nurturing side of parenting, especially the caring side. Don't get me wrong, dads are also great nurturers, but moms are just built for the role. Mothers are very adept at sensing people's feelings and helping with emotions, while fathers are a bit better at the physical side of loving.  I think evolution has had a part of play in the development of the family orientation. In the past you can see even more evidence of the family having roles, like early Indians where the mothers stayed and taught the children while the fathers hunted and protected the families. It's been an interesting week being able to take a look at my family and see the difference that my mom and dad have had when taking care of the family. 

 One of the main things that I was thinking about this week was the dynamic of the family, Mom and Dad being the caretakers of the family, and whether or not it changes. It was a very interesting thing to think about, I kept going back to my own family and seeing if there were any changes to my family dynamic. From what I remember didn't really see to many changes in my dynamic, but I did notice a tendency of my older sister Ashlynn to take care of us when my parents were busy. That was a very slight dynamic change, but I know I have had friends and family with a much different family situation than mine. One of my good friends never had a father in his life and I asked him about his experience with the family dynamic and who stepped up when his father was not there. He told me it was his mother mostly, but he also had some older brothers that, when they were older, would help with finances, schooling, and keeping the house orderly so that their mom can focus on providing for all o...

Earlier this week I stumbled into a conversation about some of the rules of my family. Not basic rules that a family has, but weird rules that, specifically, my family had. I thought about it for a while and ended up figuring out that one of the strangest rules that my family has is if I really wanted something when I was younger and didn't have enough money to buy it, if I beat my dad in an arm-wrestling competition, he would buy it for me. Unfortunately for me, my dad was very fit and would go to a gym every day at his friend's house labeled "The House of Pain" so I was rarely able to get what I was hoping for, but I'm sure that my dad let me win a few times to help me gain some confidence.     I also started thinking about what other families had for rules and came across some basic ones like, kids weren't allowed to go to their Christmas presents until the parents had woken up, or all the chores had to be done before the children were able to watch T.V. or...