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Communication

In general, love stories, books, and movies have contributed to the myth of romantic love. According to this, people fall in love and build solid and lasting relationships, thanks to a kind of "spontaneous compatibility". An idea according to which couples, without knowing it, are made for each other without effective communication efforts. When a movie ends and the protagonists, after many challenges, sealed their love with a kiss while the credit titles appear on the screen, you never know what happens next. Nobody has taught us to face a relationship on a day-to-day basis. And we assume that everything will go smoothly. Because love, everything can. Contrary to the widespread belief that love is something static, an all-or-nothing vision that simply appears and disappears, the reality is stubborn in confirming that love is a shared personal experience, which is being built thanks to communication as a couple. If we learn to communicate effectively from the beginning, w...

Equality & Equity

Equality is a principle that implies equal treatment for all people, regardless of their characteristics or circumstances, and it is a human right. Equity is the ability to administer justice impartially but consider the particularities of each case to avoid unfair sanctions. Equity can also be understood as the ability to apply the same rule to all people, considering their circumstances. The difference between gender equality and gender equity is that the first is a provision that derives from a human right, while equity is a consideration of an ethical nature with which it is tried to apply measures that correct the historical imbalance between the genders. It could be said that gender equality is the ideal, and gender equity is the actions that are conducted to guarantee the fulfillment of that right. Gender equality is a universal legal principle, while gender equity introduces an ethical component to ensure real equality that compensates for the inequality that the female gender ...

Family & Society

The family is of vital importance for the social, economic, political, and cultural development of each nation since it has a social function that guarantees the stabilization of society. In other words, the family has a great influence on the sustainable development of nations. The strengthening of the family allows the facilitation of progress in terms of human rights for all men and women, with special emphasis on the rights of children, adolescents, and the elderly. It is a social fact that the family is the most important cultural institution of societies, that throughout history it was formed or built naturally, being today the elementary cell of all society, and that it plays a very important role for the integral development of each human person. There is a reality that for some years has been growing and that it is necessary to pay due attention to it, and that is that they are factors that make families more vulnerable every day, which is of vital importance to observe ...

Values

Unfortunately, this week I got sick with COVID and all my roommates too, but the positive side is that we were able to hang out and chat with each other about our classes and about the new things we are learning. We talk about our families how we were brought up in different ways and how even our younger siblings are being brought up in different ways. Talking about this, I realized how all families and people have different values and that these values change over time. Listening to people on the street and observing their responses and attitudes, we could venture to say that education in our society is changing, and this is large since current values ​​are different from those we were taught. We live in a society in which easy success and money prevail, personal values ​​cannot be linked only to material things. Many parents have delegated this responsibility to education at school, which can be a mistake. Values ​​and education are taught and learned at home. We should all do a refl...

Fears

Have you noticed that many of today's youth do not have the desire to get married or have children? Have you ever wondered why this is happening? It is no secret that we are all afraid of change and this is one of the reasons why many lose the desire to get married and start a family. The fear of not meeting the expectations expected by the world, the fear of divorce, the fear of reliving past traumas, the fear of not being able to meet your personal goals. There are many fears that have led the new generations to feel a little suspicious of marriage and having children. What is considered "success" today is very different from what success really is. Success is related to money, fame, and travel. Many young people believe that this is what life is about, they believe that who wins in life is who has more money, who has more followers on Instagram, or who has visited more countries in the world. Although these are things that can be very cool and even respectable goals, t...

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 My name is Belen Henriquez and this blog is about family relations. I hope you enjoy it!