First week of class we discussed chapter one of our textbook Marriage & Family the Quest for Intimacy Eighth Edition. In this chapter we talked about Trends. Some of the Trends we discussed were:
INCREASE
Divorce Rates (S)
Pre-Marital (S)
Cohabitation (S)
People are living alone (NBD)
Mothers working outside of the home (S-I)
Births to unmarried Women (S)

DECREASE
People getting married (S)
Children being born (I)
Social Activities (I)
Social time with extended family (I)

We then discussed in groups how important each of those were and placed them in different categories such as Significant, Interesting, and No big deal.

We then tried to connect them together and found that: Not being social can have a chain reaction-- Not Social- don't meet people- no marriage- no children.