Sunday, April 3, 2011

Religion, Family Planning, and the World

As with many countries across the world, we can see how prominent religion is within that family. It plays crucial roles, and it also details how those in the family should act, think, and respect others. However, it can also clash with overall planning.

-Hartford Institute-
http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/religion_family.html
Due to recent changes in the structure of family and religion, many studies have come up looking at the role religion plays in the world today. The Hartford Institute provides research, articles, and many different links about those roles.

-Family Facts-
http://www.familyfacts.org/charts/religious-practice
Family Facts is a website devoted to helping families and providing much information about many of the different facets of having a family. Specifically, this link looks at many of the certain statistics about religion and families; it also has videos and articles looking into different aspects of these beliefs.



The Family
By Katherine Mansfield

Hinemoa, Tui, Maina,
All of them were born together;
They are quite an extra special
Set of babies--wax and leather.

Every day they took an airing;
Mummy made them each a bonnet;
Two were cherry, one was yellow
With a bow of ribbon on it.

Really, sometimes we would slap them,
For if ever we were talking,
They would giggle and be silly,
Saying, "Mamma, take us walking."

But we never really loved them
Till one day we left them lying
In the garden--through a hail-storm,
And we heard the poor dears crying.

Half-Past-Six said--"You're a mother!
What if Mummy did forget you?"
So I said, "Well, you're their Father.
Get them!" but I wouldn't let you.