What's the Big Idea?

I’m on a quest for becoming learned. We all are, right? Specifically, I want to be learned in Marriage and Family Studies. In my efforts, I’ve signed up for class titled “Family Relations”, in which I will be studying...well, family relations.

Because I believe in the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, I believe that families are the “fundamental unit of society”, and the training grounds for progressing towards exaltation (a.k.a. eternal life in the presence of God...a.k.a. Heaven). That’s a big deal! However, that’s only one side of it. Families are a big deal outside of the spiritual aspect of mortality.

Families are where individuals are formed. Families are where each person gets their start at life. Families affect how we think, act, feel, and who we become. If we understood what family relations are capable of, in respect to each individual’s future decisions and behaviors and the effects they have in society, we would take our familial roles and relations more seriously.

That’s what I wish. I wish that everyone could see how family relations are among the most influential elements of their life. I wish that everyone could understand that for that reason, family relations need to be respected and understood. In this blog, I will be sharing the academic principles I learn that help us understand family relations and their influence on each one of us as individuals, and in our society.