This morning in my personal adjustment class we were broken out into a group of guys to talk about what guys think. We were asked questions to have a discussion with the class. I found myself unable to talk in the group as freely as the other men. This made me a little uncomfortable but I seemed to think there was a good reason not to speak off the cuff. In thinking back to it I see that it was because I needed to think for some time to give substantive answers.

In the professor's lecture she talked about the roles of men and women. She spoke about how many young people don't realize how the way things are today is built on the accomplishments of others. She cited the example of Darryl strawberry who when he saw Jackie Robinson's (a Brooklyn Dodger) photo with Yankee greats asked "who is he?". She asked all the girls if they considered themselves to be a feminist, the point being that things have changed in recent times and they don't even realize it. It occurred to me that this is the concept of legacy. I would like to have pointed out how this occurs on a larger scale in our society.

This afternoon in my human growth and development class the professor was laying out the importance of the roles that a male parent and a female parent play in the development of an adolescent. She also spoke of the adverse affects that single or mixed parent homes have on them. I then asked the question of what research shows about the affects of living with two parents who who don't love each other. She said that the evidence is overwhelming that it is more harmful for children to live in a home in conflict. I am not recalling the exact words right now but I noticed that her statement was based on the certainty that this would be a situation of conflict which I disagree is absolute.