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The peak of divorce was in 1981 it was 5.3% (per 1000). Some experts still say that marriages are as unstable as ever, but because couples are living together instead of marrying the rates are lower for marriages too. So it makes sense that the divorce would be down because not as many couples are getting married and living together instead and there is no data that shows at break-up unlike divorce has data. Nowadays, divorce is one of the most serious social problems that American society…

Numerous people look down upon those who believe in love at first sight, or those that believe they are in love after only a few days or weeks. They believe it takes time for someone to fall in love, that only with time can a person fall in love so intensely and greatly. It has become ever so much easier to get a divorce after 1969, when a was law passed stating that infidelity charges or physical abuse did not have to be present in order to get a divorce (Evolution). This would eventually lead…

Marriage rates have been falling steadily since the 1960s, while the rate of common law couples has increased dramatically. (Lunau, 2014) The idea of the modern day family is changing and many are asking if marriage is even worth it anymore. The her article, How marriage can save your life, author Kate Lunau explores the correlation between marriage and the effect one the couples health, while the author successfully relates marriage to it’s health benefits, she fails to show that co-habituation…

Have you ever wondered what makes a good relationship? Why certain marriages fail and others flourish? Many of us can make predictions to these questions by reflecting on our previous and/or current relationships. But in the end what is the true secret to everlasting love? Is there a criterion that can predict happiness within a relationship? In a captivating new study scientists have answered a question many of us have pondered about. The research conducted concluded that lasting relationships…

An interesting finding from their study was that gender plays a role in how children could potentially feel about cohabitation and marriage when their mothers raise their children in either family setting. This was referred to when the text stated, “An important gender difference appeared in the relationship between mother’s attitudes and their children’s cohabitation behavior: Mother’s attitudes have more influence on their daughters’ cohabitation behavior than on their son’s behavior, and…

The Effects Divorce Leaves on Children Ever hear of the saying, “the children come first” or “no matter what the children are the most important”? Well that may not be the case when it comes to divorce. According to D. Wayne Matthews, “Every year, over 1 million children under age 18 are involved in a divorce” (para 3). When at that moment, all the parents’ concerns are about themselves and their marriage; not what they are putting their children through or what effect it is having on them.…

Approximately fifty percent of marriages in the United States of America ended with divorce. Most of the times couples separate or get divorce for things that they have done. However, most of these things could and can be avoid to lower the divorce rate in our country. However, six factors that are associated with low marital satisfactions are committing adultery, financial difficulties, addictions, work stress and obligations, depression as well as lack of communication, just to name a few…

Throughout the years the rise of divorce throughout the United States has risen immensely. Some people think it comes from marrying to young, while others think that it may come from not knowing the person well enough before you marry and some people get divorced because they simply just give up instead of trying to make it work. There are many causes of why people in the United States get divorced but these are the three that stand out most. Many couples now get married fairly young, some to…

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…

The percentage of American’s that find marriage to be important, has been on the decline for several decades. More and more of us have never been married, and the total numbers reflect that as of 2012, one in five adults over the age of 25% have never been married (Wang, Parker, 2014). By contrast, in 1960, that number was only 10% (Wang, Parker). Economist have studied these trends for many years, and have attempted to assign cause to various societal factors. Depending on the political…