How Important Is Marriage?

[Bren]

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]

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.

[Moontide]

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