4 within 10 children are born to unmarried couples within the United States. What are your thoughts on this?
I can't really say, I had adjectives 3 of my kids before I married my husband. My mom calls it getting the cart until that time the horse.
i think it's interesting how cultural norm about things like marriage are shifting over time, and it makes me wonder what's off-putting about conjugal to the couples that expect to stay together but don't get married. but to the extent that those statistics reflect couples that are having *unplanned* children, or children outside a stable and durable relationship regardless of marriage or not, i think it's unfortunate. undeniably kids can grow up great with unmarried or separated parents. but i think in broad it's easier, and easier on the kids, to do as a long-term, stable couple, and there's some point in encouraging that where we can (in the situations where it make sense: i do wholly understand that there are couples that are better bad apart and there are situations where being an unmarried parent is the best or simply option).
As long as the parent's love them and they are living in a stable and safe environment, later what's the problem? A ring and a piece of paper don't determine your love for your child.
I was married 4 years before my husband and I settled to try for our first child, but it makes no difference that we're married. That's just how things went.
I think 50% of marriage end in divorce. The world today is what it is. It's better to raise a child unmarried next give them a poor example of what a relationship should be by being married just because of the kids. My parents stayed married for 20 years, hate each other, just for the sake of the kids. Now we are all grown up, dealing near our issues of our screwed up childhood and both my parents are alone and unhappy.
Maybe if they would have gone their separate ways and just raise us apart, we all would have been better sour, and they could have found people they were truly thrilled with.
Who care? My boyfriend and I aren't married and we have a 9 month old daughter together.
We don't need a bridal certificate in order to love and bring to the fore our daughter. She still has 2 loving parents who are in her life.
It's none of my damn business what other populace do, married or not. I raise my kids w/my hubs and leave the raising of other people's kids to their parents.
JMO
My daughter was born to unmarried parents. I don't think a piece of paper mode anything. As long as we both love her and she is being taken care of then does it really event?
Married couple does not automatically equal devout parents...
I think that if both partners are willing to commit to giving their infant the best life possible, that matters more than having a tag and rings.
As long as someone loves them, who I am to judge? It's not a lifestyle I would choose for my own babies, but it works for some.
Unmarried doesn't mean that both parents aren't around.
Yep, my son is one of them.
Your point is..?
He WAS planned too, holey moley!
Sick and Wrong!
I personally don't think that a marriage tag is required in order to be a good parent.
I don't in reality believe in marriage, as I see no need for it. Most of the couples that I know, who hold children, aren't married and they're perfectly happy. They've been together for years, and one of the couples hold been with each other for over 30 years. They merely don't see the need to prove their relationship to anyone. And that's exactly how I feel, too.
I think it's tragic.
I want my children within marriage. However, if people own kids before marriage but are in a stable relationship surrounded by which they plan to get married eventually or stay together for life even without conjugal, then it seems ok to me. The problem is when people enjoy kids with different fathers because they aren't careful beside birth control, one of the parents is not around, etc. Divorce/having parents broken up is pretty sad for kids too, but it happens.
Who cares?
In Europe heterosexual married couples are mocked and laugh at!
Why won't the USA do the same?
They are mocked because it is an outdated way of life, in attendance are no Christians in Europe anymore.
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