According to the U.S. Census Bureau, “Perhaps nowhere has this change been more palpable than in the United States, where anywhere from 40 to 50 percent of Americans will experience divorce in their lifetime (qtd. in Analyzing Divorce From Cultural and Network Approaches). As one can see, 40 to 50 percent is just about half of the United States population. The question is, how does our nation decrease the percent of Americans who will end up in a divorce sometime in their life? Divorce is more common in today’s society than ever before. Divorce can be avoided or at least attempted to be avoided by following three methods. Taking advantage of counseling options, realizing that taking care of children involves teamwork, and focusing on the little
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Are only two people affected though? The answer is no. The families are also deeply affected. Married couples are still part of a team when it comes to their children. If more marriages would realize this, then the chance of divorce could potentially decrease. When those married couples come together as a unit to care for their children, other aspects may slowly come together as well. I can personally relate to this because my own parents are divorced, and I have seen first-hand how the whole process works. If my parents would have worked together as a team and made compromises amongst one another for us kids then their marriage could have been saved. Our parents’ broken marriage did teach us a thing or two, but it was not worth it for our family to be broken. There were no more family dinners. There were no more game nights. There were no more trips to the store after piling into the car as a happy little family. Everything had changed, from the people to the atmosphere of our newly separated home. All of this happened due to the simple fact that my parents just could not work together as a team. They were so focused on their own personal problems, that in the process they created a whole new problem for us kids. According to Ramisch, “Couples with children with autism shared common perceptions about factors that help to keep their marriages strong:
Are only two people affected though? The answer is no. The families are also deeply affected. Married couples are still part of a team when it comes to their children. If more marriages would realize this, then the chance of divorce could potentially decrease. When those married couples come together as a unit to care for their children, other aspects may slowly come together as well. I can personally relate to this because my own parents are divorced, and I have seen first-hand how the whole process works. If my parents would have worked together as a team and made compromises amongst one another for us kids then their marriage could have been saved. Our parents’ broken marriage did teach us a thing or two, but it was not worth it for our family to be broken. There were no more family dinners. There were no more game nights. There were no more trips to the store after piling into the car as a happy little family. Everything had changed, from the people to the atmosphere of our newly separated home. All of this happened due to the simple fact that my parents just could not work together as a team. They were so focused on their own personal problems, that in the process they created a whole new problem for us kids. According to Ramisch, “Couples with children with autism shared common perceptions about factors that help to keep their marriages strong: