LDS teachings that are just bad

[SeattleUte]

I thought we had a thread for this but can't find it. Anyway, I've always detested the pressure that the LDS Church puts on literal kids to hurry and marry and start having kids. Science says this is very bad for brain and character development (aside from obvious practical disadvantages).

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/op...op-span-region

[Commando]

I thought we had a thread for this but can't find it. Anyway, I've always detested the pressure that the LDS Church puts on literal kids to hurry and marry and start having kids. Science says this is very bad for brain and character development (aside from obvious practical disadvantages).

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/op...op-span-region

Literal kids?

[Topper]

I thought we had a thread for this but can't find it. Anyway, I've always detested the pressure that the LDS Church puts on literal kids to hurry and marry and start having kids. Science says this is very bad for brain and character development (aside from obvious practical disadvantages).

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/op...op-span-region

I know you're baiting with simplistic approaches, but I will bite nonetheless.

Did you bother to read the article? The final paragraph stated,

If brain plasticity is maintained by staying engaged in new, demanding and cognitively stimulating activity, and if entering into the repetitive and less exciting roles of worker and spouse helps close the window of plasticity, delaying adulthood is not only O.K.; it can be a boon.

Early marriage being "bad for the brain" is not what the article written by a psychologist stated.

[SeattleUte]

I know you're baiting with simplistic approaches, but I will bite nonetheless.

Did you bother to read the article? The final paragraph stated,



Early marriage being "bad for the brain" is not what the article written by a psychologist stated.

lol I don't think you comprehend what you're quoting there. It supports what I'm saying.

[Topper]

lol I don't think you comprehend what you're quoting there. It supports what I'm saying.

The fact that something may be good for you, doesn't mean the opposite is inherently "bad" for you. The nature of human brain and emotions is more complex than your binary approach.

He also qualified the language as opposed to the language of absolutes you used.

[SeattleUte]

The fact that something may be good for you, doesn't mean the opposite is inherently "bad" for you. The nature of human brain and emotions is more complex than your binary approach.

He also qualified the language as opposed to the language of absolutes you used.

:backpeddling:

[Commando]

The fact that something may be good for you, doesn't mean the opposite is inherently "bad" for you. The nature of human brain and emotions is more complex than your binary approach.

He also qualified the language as opposed to the language of absolutes you used.

I would go a step further and say that the term "repetitive and less exciting roles of worker and spouse" is straight up supposition and doesn't take into account the seismic changes that happen in family life, such as welcoming kids into the home, changes in job, family moves, adjusting to new in-laws, changes in lifestyle and budgeting, etc etc etc that all probably help maintain brain plasticity they are talking about. You could continue down that road and look at people who languish in the single life and settle into routines with little change to their patterns or habits other than beginning and finishing school, beginning and adjusting to a career, etc- things that pretty much all happen anyway within a marriage. Also, according to the conclusions in this article, it sounds like going on a mission is about the best thing you can do for your brain - what with all that "novelty seeking and the acquisition of new skills" that is so vital to brain plasticity.

[MarkGrace]

:backpeddling:

There's actually already an emoticon for this

[RC Vikings]

I thought we had a thread for this but can't find it. Anyway, I've always detested the pressure that the LDS Church puts on literal kids to hurry and marry and start having kids. Science says this is very bad for brain and character development (aside from obvious practical disadvantages).

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/op...op-span-region

A longer period of dating, with all the unpredictability and change that come with a cast of new partners, may be better for your brain than marriage.

It says it may be better, not always. I've known kids who got married early and went to college because of being married where otherwise they most likely would have settled into a dead end job. These kids benefited intellectually from being married early. I waited until I was 27 and have told my son's not to rush into marriage but for some it's a good thing.

[creekster]

There's actually already an emoticon for this

SU was talking about selling at a prior price. He was backpeddling. The emoticon is back pedaling. You know how SU loves precision in thought and language!