Comments on: "Marriage is an institution" – children & divorce (ESSAY TOPIC)?

By: mike

mike — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:30:59 +0000

Marriage is a wonderful institution… but after all, who wants to be in an institution?!?!?

That one has always cracked me up. Sorry that I couldn’t help more. I just wanted to share that little pearl of wisdom.
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i’m funny

By: VirtualSound

VirtualSound — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:43:59 +0000

You can turn this on it’s head and use it. A larger portion of children is being raised in single parent families nowadays. Hard numbers for this directly demonstrate the weakening of the institution of marriage, so finding studies that compare rates recently vs. decades ago is critical. There are negatives associated with this, for example the poverty rate is higher for children in a single parent family. The increased proportion of kids in a state that has a higher chance of poverty directly leads to more kids in poverty as the institution weakens, this is a direct measurement of the effect of the weakening of the institution of marriage on society. As it weakens, more kids come from broken homes, and society pays a higher cost – I suspect you can find statistics that show single parent kids are more likely to abuse drugs, be poor, lack health insurance, do poorly academically, and so on. Each of these statistics is another bottom line cost of the weakening of marriage.
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By: pongyn

pongyn — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:00:59 +0000

The rising occurrence of divorce shows that the institution of marriage has weakened and the sanctity of marriage is not being taken very seriously anymore. This growing trend also shows that all too often, people rush into such a union, knowing that they are not ready for such a commitment, only to end up divorced a short time later. Often, the very same people acknowledge that they are not ready but bank on the possibility of divorce to reverse their action if the marriage does not work out. If children happen to be a product of said broken union, then they would obviously have suffered a preventable trauma in their lives.
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By: DragonflyGirl

DragonflyGirl — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:36:59 +0000

Well, isn't one of the main purposes of a marriage to create and nurture healthy and successful children? If, as you say, children are damaged by divorce than that purpose is defeated.
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By: bifbangpow

bifbangpow — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:20:59 +0000

i would mention that getting married because of pregnancy or children has contributed to the disintegration of marriage as an intsitution…that could be a good connection…and that it could possibly be more beneficial for children to grow up with single parents as opposed to parents in a bad marriage who get divorced. good luck!
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my dad has been divorced twice.