How Important Is Marriage?
- Bren
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How Important Is Marriage?
In a day and age where more and more children are dealing with the split of parents at a young age, it bothers me to see ones I care about torn down and to have to suffer through the pain of the break-up of parents. Does this generation even consider what all goes into a marriage before jumping in? Even if I was to be stable enough to have kids some day, I might always worry about hurting precious babies one day. What are your thoughts?
- The Top Crusader
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We've had a few generations now where the divorce rate of parents was around 50%, so unfortunately I'd say that for a lot of those kids that grew up in a split home, getting a divorce, while not optimal, is less of a big deal than it would've been a few decades ago. I'm not opposed to divorce in specific circumstances, but I think a lot of people just see it as an easy out these days without considering the ramifications.
The good news is that the divorce rate (divorces per 1000 per year) is declining.* Though that might just be because less people are getting married in the first place.
*source: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/marriage_d ... tables.htm
*source: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/marriage_d ... tables.htm