Importance Of Arranged Marriages In America

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Marriage is one of the most important event to a person’s life, but not every marriages are successful. In the article “Arranged Marriages in America?” by Ji Jyun Lee said that 50 % of all American marriages end in divorce. This is where experts came upon arranged marriages. They figured out that parents plays an important role in arranged marriage. Parents involvement can lead to a successful marriage, so American should adopt to the idea of arranged marriages and have parents involve in their childs’ marriage. One of the most important thing that the parents do to make the marriage successful is to “screen for deal breakers.” They search for the best spouse for their child. Background information are looked by parents and see if it meets their expectations satisfactorily. Showing that parental involvement cares about who their child is marrying and whether that person can bring …show more content…
Parents can also be a reason of why American marriage end in divorce. Most couples goes into relationship before letting their parent notice. But when the parents notice they might disagree with the relationship. This often lead to family argument. Even after marriage the parents might dislike their son/daughter in law and rejects them. This can easily create a decision of the child choosing only one side. Whether they choose their parents or their spouse. Some child are more towards parent so they end up with the solution in divorcing. Parents in arranged marriage have less issues with their son/daughter because they get to choose who their child is marring and the most satisfying. In the end , even when both type of marriage parental involvement, one involvement is better than the other. Parental involvement in arrange marriage has show us show successful can a marriage be when parents are involve. So American should adopt to the idea in parental involvement in order to have more successful

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