Blog #1

After the different conversations that I had with my mother, 55, and my younger cousin, 21, it was quite surprising to find out that all three of us were most concerned about our physical health over any other major health concern. The similarities that my mother, my cousin and myself shared end with just that, the subject matter or said concern, and that is all. It became quite interesting to see and hear and finally become to understand how significantly different each persons views, thoughts, opinions, and goals were very different from either of the other two of us. I never thought that three different women, spanning across three different generations would have such completely separate and unique thought process to work through their concerns but really enjoyed being able to see that fact occur. My younger cousin explains to me how her weight  and physical health is not only the most import health concern she has but that it is pretty much the only concern she has about health at all. The fact that she is a young female attempting to be a part of the popular scene and be seen a certain by her peers has created the appearance that she cares about her physical well being by eating properly and exercising but in fact that is not the case at all. In fact it the urge for social acceptance that has driven her to be so conscious of her physical fitness and health but even that being driven by a concern of social and emotional health that drives that and not issues of personal well being at all.   Both me and my mothers views were somewhat similar they differed in the fact I strive for physical health and well being to insure a long healthy life, my mother is driven by the fact of, due to her aging she is now seeing the negative effects of poor physical health in the past has had on her has caused her to change her behavior in an attempt to rectify her unhealthy ways of the past.