A Couple More Years

homosexual couples to adopt as it is for straight couples. For obvious reasons gay couples can not “create” their own children, also kids need families and homosexual couples are able to support a wonderful and loving home. Most of all every person deserves equal rights no matter who you love. Anybody who has taken a basic health class will know it is impossible for two people of the same sex to make their own children. Therefore it would be impossible for a homosexual couple to…

individualism is found as couples are separated “for the greater good”. However, at some point in the marriage, conflict has arisen which has led to this separation through legal matters. While there are many factors that play into this very high divorce rate in America; one of the prevalent causes seems to be explained through conflict behavior theory. Conflict behavior theory describes the human reaction that happens as a result of the interaction between two or more people in which there is…

many young Americans today, cohabitation, living together with a significant other while being sexually active, is becoming more and more common each day. For many religious affiliated individuals and older generations, the idea of cohabitation may seem absurd and ungodly. Many parents and grandparents disapprove of these living conditions and would rather have young couples wait until marriage. However, because of new generational thought, family experience, and experienced unsuccessful…

Wyatt Davis October 15, 2015 Why Couples Wait Later in Life to Have Kids The question couples get a lot is “When are you going to have kids?” This question is very stressful to think about. Deciding to have kids is a big decision especially when determining when the time is right. In earlier generations it was very common for couples to get married in their early 20s and start having kids right away. Throughout the past couple years there has been a change. Couples now a day wait longer to…

and legalized, however, the debate for the legalization for same-sex adoption is much more difficult in the eyes of the law. Same-sex couples have found it very difficult to adopt…

supportive of legally enforced gay rights (about 75%) (Bidstrup). Even though some people would disagree, the definition of marriage is having mutual commitment, to produce and raise children, and affection between one man and one woman. Same-sex couples couldn’t wed anywhere up into 2004, now gay marriage is legal in the United States. People…

Case Overview and Chief Complaint The following explores the marital/couples case of “Jake and Amy” a middle-aged, Caucasian/White, upper-middle class, couple, presenting to counseling as they grapple with the decision on whether they should follow through on expanding their family, they already have one child together, or for Amy to have an abortion. After five unsuccessful years of attempts to have another child, Jake and Amy exist in opposition now that Amy is pregnant. Amy moved forward with…

children’s cohabitation behavior: Mother’s attitudes have more influence on their daughters’ cohabitation behavior than on their son’s behavior, and daughters’ cohabitation behavior has more influence on mothers’ attitudes than does sons’ behavior…Daughters may be more inclined than sons to see their mothers as role models, and model their behavior in accordance with their mothers’ opinions” (p. 243).…

Adoption has been a common practice for many years, but only recent years has the issue of gay adoption risen. Same-sex couples should be allowed to adopt. There are too many orphans in the world, but there are not enough families or parents to take them in; this is a perfect situation for same-sex couples. Who can say that same-sex parents would not be just as great a parent than heterosexual couples? There are 17.8 million children worldwide that are orphans who need a home. There are not…

surrounding same-sex couples wanting to have children. Who is the legal guardian of the child in terms of custody? Will the child be bullied because of their parents? How is bullying stopped? Will that child grow up the same as any other child would? Does a parent’s sexual orientation determine the child’s sexual orientation? Viet Nguyen, the secretary of Texas Tech University’s Gay-Straight Alliance, said she sees no difference between children of same-sex couples and heterosexual couples.…