There can be no argument that the rise in divorce in the United States over the last decade is a cause for concern when addressing the family unit. Fifty years ago, divorcing a spouse for personal reasons occurred, however, this was not as socially accepted and as numerous as it is in today’s culture. According to McDermott et al (2013), the National Center for Health Statistics reports that about 43 percent of marriages will end in divorce within the first fifteen years. The structure of the nuclear family which includes the father, mother, and child, is the most basic and universal fact in our society. Every person was born of a man and woman. The constancy of the meaning of family in America is being destabilized by the quickly growing acceptance
