For the little guys

This week, I read a lot about family life. A study has been done seeing what the most intact types of families are. They studied families with heterosexual parents, homosexual parents, divorced and remarried parents, and single parents. There was a fair number of flaws in this study, but they had gathered the general idea for the results. They found families with both a male and a female parent tended to be the most intact family type. This resulted in happier children. These children received better education, had lower rates of depression, lower rates of suicide, and a lower chance of obtaining a criminal record. All of this is not to say that it is the best family type. These numbers were taken from a small sample of people. If the sample had been bigger, the data may be different.  A single parent home may be a safe place for children, but they may reach a time where they may seek for another role model in their life. If it is a single mother home, the child may search for someone

  Hello everyone! My name is Erin Johnson and I am a student studying at Brigham Young University in Idaho. As of writing this, I am 21 years old. I have am in a family of six with four amazing (and slightly irritating) siblings. My parents have raised us in the LDS church and has taught us all to be the people we have become. We love to spend time together and are constantly looking for new adventures to go on together. I have no idea what to write for this as I have never done a single blog in my entire life but we are going to give this thing a go. I have chosen to write this blog regarding the family, thus me informing you all about my own. However, for the majority of the time, I won't be focused on a family like mine. I wish to dedicate this blog to those who have families like my best friend. Families that are consisted of a single parent with one or more children. I have friends who have only ever known the parent raising them and I have friends whose parents have split whe