The Family: Our Decisions Effect The World
The world is changing. The one thing that has been consistent is that the Plan of Salvation continues forward. There is more good but there is also more bad. I have recognized is that Satan tells a lot of lies about marriage and family that a lot of people believe, even members of the church. These lies or myths shape how we think and what we except from our own lives. For example, opposites attract and happily married people never have conflicts. In all reality, similar people are attracted to each. The more interests you have in common the more you're able to bond each other. And even after you get married to your spouse there will be different opinions and conflicts that need to be solved. If we go into marriage thinking that all of our problems have been solved and then a problem comes up we may believe that we've married the wrong person. It's important to be aware of what some Satan's lies are so that our expectations aren't off. We make poor decisions when we make assumptions about what we think should be. I want to talk about how our beliefs and decisions about the family influences not just ourselves, but our posterity and nation.
I've been learning about how world trends about the family have been changing over time. There is more premarital sex, cohabitation, delaying marriage, less children born into families and high divorce rates. What do these trends have to do with you? Well, let's take a look at the Women's Revolution to see how that time period has effect us today. Back in the 1960's there began to be changes that allowed women to get advanced education, start careers and birth control was created. With women becoming more educated and starting careers they weren't looking for a spouse. Once women had their careers set up and wanted to find a spouse, the opinions were very minimal. By the time that they found someone to marry they were older and it was more difficult to become pregnant if they wanted to get pregnant and start a family. Marrying at an older age limited how many children they can have. Because that process of getting married was more delayed than previous generations, slowly the birth rates decreased. This is something that we see a lot now. Women have the wonderful opportunity to have successful careers, but family is often put on the back burner.
So why does birth rate matter so much in a secular view? One of the answers that "The New Economic Reality: Demographic Winter" talked about human capital. Human capital is how much an individual can contribute to society. Educated and skilled people add to human capital. The less people that there are in future generations, the harder people will have to work to keep things in the country going. If it takes 3 nurses to watch over one elderly person in a retirement home, in 20 years when there are even more older people, but less young people to watch over them, 1-2 nurses will have to work a lot harder to help 3 people. Our ability to contribute to society in the long run depends on teaching our children at home correct principles and more, to gain an education and then use what they have learned to help others in their lives.
Here is the documentary that I watched on BYUtv.org called "The New Economic Reality: Demographic Winter." https://www.byutv.org/show/5e819b00-5e99-4bf4-931e-c154d3c2dc8d/new-economic-reality-demographic-winter
I've been learning about how world trends about the family have been changing over time. There is more premarital sex, cohabitation, delaying marriage, less children born into families and high divorce rates. What do these trends have to do with you? Well, let's take a look at the Women's Revolution to see how that time period has effect us today. Back in the 1960's there began to be changes that allowed women to get advanced education, start careers and birth control was created. With women becoming more educated and starting careers they weren't looking for a spouse. Once women had their careers set up and wanted to find a spouse, the opinions were very minimal. By the time that they found someone to marry they were older and it was more difficult to become pregnant if they wanted to get pregnant and start a family. Marrying at an older age limited how many children they can have. Because that process of getting married was more delayed than previous generations, slowly the birth rates decreased. This is something that we see a lot now. Women have the wonderful opportunity to have successful careers, but family is often put on the back burner.
So why does birth rate matter so much in a secular view? One of the answers that "The New Economic Reality: Demographic Winter" talked about human capital. Human capital is how much an individual can contribute to society. Educated and skilled people add to human capital. The less people that there are in future generations, the harder people will have to work to keep things in the country going. If it takes 3 nurses to watch over one elderly person in a retirement home, in 20 years when there are even more older people, but less young people to watch over them, 1-2 nurses will have to work a lot harder to help 3 people. Our ability to contribute to society in the long run depends on teaching our children at home correct principles and more, to gain an education and then use what they have learned to help others in their lives.
Here is the documentary that I watched on BYUtv.org called "The New Economic Reality: Demographic Winter." https://www.byutv.org/show/5e819b00-5e99-4bf4-931e-c154d3c2dc8d/new-economic-reality-demographic-winter
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