My classmates blogs. Each week each of us blog about what we were most impacted about in class.

•             Alexis Priestly	http://lexandfamily.weebly.com/the-family.html
•             Ally McClain	http://www.allysfamilylife.blogspot.com/
•             Amber Kranc	http://amberkranc.blogspot.com/
•             Annabel Detering	http://thoughtsonhomeandfamily.blogspot.com/
•             Bailey Baird	http://baileybaird.blogspot.com/
•             Caitlin Schofield	http://caitlinschofield.blogspot.com/
•             Candice Merrill	http://candicermerrill.blogspot.com/
•             Cristel Carlini	http://familiesareforeverandever.blogspot.com/
•             Elisse Cook	http://lovethatlasts4ever.blogspot.com/
•             Emily Hayes	http://thenutty9.blogspot.com/
•             Erica Arguello	http://familiesconnectedtoheaven.blogspot.com/
•             Hailey Patera	http://haileypaterafamily.blogspot.com/
•             Haley Lucas	http://miissblondiiefamilies.blogspot.com/
•             Heather Christensen	http://thefamilyrelationship.blogspot.com/
•              Janaya L. Johnson	http://the-family-is-ordained-of-god.blogspot.com/
•             Jenney Premont	http://thatsalongtime.blogspot.com/
•             Julie Moss	http://lovemyeternalfamily.blogspot.com/
•             Kayleena Johnston	http://throughtheeternities.blogspot.com/
•             Kaylonnie White	http://tormentorjoy.blogspot.com/
•             Kelsey Lawrence	http://familysmatteralot.blogspot.com/
•             Kelsey Murphy	http://kelseyleighannmurphy.blogspot.com/
•             Kody Daffer	http://kodydaffer.blogspot.com/
•             Krystal Palmer	http://alove4eternity.blogspot.com/
•             Laura Hudgins	http://centeredonfamily.weebly.com/index.html
•             Madeline Vance	http://madelinemarievance.blogspot.com/
•             McKayla Nicole Hess	http://smilingfamilies.blogspot.com/
•             Michael Watts	http://someviewsonlife.blogspot.com/
•             Olivia Welch	http://thestrongestalliance.blogspot.com/
•             Patrick Williams	http://patrickallenwilliams.blogspot.com/
•             Rachel Blaylock	http://4everfamiles.blogspot.com/
•             Rachel Escobar	http://raebar92.blogspot.com/
•             Sammi Scott	http://sammischaweet.blogspot.com/
•             Tamara Handa	http://familiiesareforever.blogspot.com/
•             Tina Trepanier	http://tinatrepanier.blogspot.com/
•             Tod Flory	http://familyrelationsbytod.blogspot.com/
Clarissa Beamer
Ailli Brown
Brandi Cash
Kylee Goodworth
Mallary Goude
Emily Hayes
Allison Hughes
Hannah Joyce
Jonathon Mann
Allison McClellan
Michaela Ostler
Linda Plate
Lindy Provost
Whitney Reed
Miriam  Rios-Reyes
Sammi Scott
Titan Sweeten
Kim Tafua
Olivia Welch
Hayley Woodbury

September 23-27 in FAML 160-02 (MWF 11:30am)

    This week in my FAML 160 class we learned about the statistics of marriages and current trends of relationships. We also watched a documentary about the future of the family like the fertility rates and birth rates. 

    I was interested in the trends of relationships. We discussed the connections between the following trends: Cohabitation, marriage age, living alone, pre-martial sex, unwed mothers, birth rates and divorce. 

    We discussed that divorce rates are actually going down but that could be caused by cohabitation going up thus people aren't divorcing because they aren't marrying. Also, the marriage age is later than it used to be, nowadays it is 26 for women and 28 for men so the older marrying age may be contributing to why people aren't divorcing, they are more mature when they choose to marry.So, I was very interested in the trends of the current generation and exploring possible causation like I showed above. 

Week one of classes (September 16-21st.)

Hello!

     My name is Linda Plate, I am currently a senior at BYU-I studying Child Development. I got married on Valentine's Day to my high school sweetheart, Spencer.

     This blog is an assignment for a family class that I am taking. This week in class we discussed the importance of having reliable sources when reading a text. If the source or research that was done wasn't reliable or true then the document wouldn't be trustworthy.