Marriage and family trends these days are not exactly ideal. People are getting married later in their lives, and more people are ending up living alone. The rates of cohabitation are increasing as well as the child bearing age. Women are having children later in life which results in regret and sorrow, who do you leave your things to when you pass, who do you turn to when there are things that may go wrong as you age. Women are also having less children in their lifetime. There are way more unmarried births than there should be in my opinion. Children need their parents to have a stable relationship that is healthy and good. There are more unemployed mothers, most likely due to the current rate of unmarried births. Divorce has surprisingly decreased, which is due to the number of marriages which is decreasing as well so I guess that is not super surprising. Pre-marital sex has had about the same chart as divorces.

Looking at all of these trends and thinking about how all of them connect really makes me think about what goes on in people’s heads. The only thing that makes sense is for a man and a woman to get married and have children. These trends are sad and unfortunate for mostly children who have no choice in where they end up in the first several years of their lives. Children need to be raised by a mother and a father in my personal opinion.

We have had so much discussion in class this week about the family of course and how important it is. There are so many aspects of the family that are so so important. Including the roles of mothers and fathers. Mothers are crucial for their natural nurturing side that they have as women. Fathers are an essential part of the family as well because there are studies that have been done which show that good father figures are critical to have in the home. I am so grateful for my family and the example that my parents have been to me. I cannot imagine my life without a mother and father in the home. There is such an incredibly important balance between the natural roles of mothers and fathers.