Y, Marriage, Family Seminars Next Week

Published April 28, 1983. Next week, May 5-7, the Second Annual Marriage, Home and Family Conference will be held at Brigham Young University. The general public is invited to the conference, which is being sponsored by the College of Family, Home and Social Sciences, The Family Living Center, and the Department of Conferences and Workshops at BYU. The meeting is being held in the new Harmon Conference Center directly east of the Marriott Center parking lot.

Registration for the conference begins at 12 noon on Thursday. Dr. Lynn Scoresby will give the keynote speech titled “Family Miracles.” During the remainder of Thursday afternoon, all day Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 9 a.m. until noon there will be a total of 45 different one-hour presentations on marriage, home, and family life. We had a great crowd last year and anticipate an even larger one this year.

This year I specifically requested that we have a special series on marriage throughout the three-day conference. Several faculty agreed to participate among whom are Bob Stahman who will talk on “Your Marriage Personality and Environment,” Reed Bradford on “Love: The Divine Definition,” and Hugh Allred on “The Birth Order Factor in Marriage.”

Spencer Condie will talk on “Becoming One Flesh: The Quest for Marital Intimacy,” Boyd Rollins will give a presentation on “Interaction Process in Marriage and Parent-Child Relations,” and yours truly will give three lectures, on each day, on “Marriage as the Focal Point of the Family,” “Love Never Faileth,” and “Initiating Change in Marital Relationships.”

There will be numerous other talks on family life and related topics during the three-day conference. Among them: Rita Edmonds will address the topic “The Single Adult in the Family and Society,” Paul Robison will tackle the subject of “How to Put Your Foot Down So Your Child Won’t Step On It,” James Harper will also talk about “Interactional Rhythms in Family Life,” and Barbara Wheeler will speak to the topic of “Your Children Are Not Your Children.”

Samples of other talks to be given at the conference include one by Leslie Feinauer who will speak on “Inter-generational Family Concerns When the Elderly Live With Their Adult Children.” Margaret Hoopes will address the topic of “Friendships in the Extended Family,” and “Estate Planning concerns for Families” will be discussed by Kay Edwards.

Roger Coplen and James MacArthur will give a three-day series on “Developing a Healthy Self-Image,” Tim Davis will talk on “Home Orchards: Fruit Tree Pruning,” and Bill Love will speak on “Cooking, Plain but Fancy.”