Marriage and Families in America

 

Marriage and family in America are what I will be going through today. Most of what I learned this was I found while reading marriage and families laurer& laurer. I will be referring to this document a lot so I wanted to let y’all know and you can look it up here  chapter .pdf . Now some things that I learned from the PDF follow the learning objectives of the PDF. Now one of the first things that I will share is that human beings are social creatures that need to make connections. Not only do we need to be connected to people but also, we are going to look at the changing patterns of close relationships in contemporary society. And explain why some marriages can last with some couples. When I was reading in the PDF one of the first things that surprised me. Was what they talked about loneliness. Usually when some people might feel lonely is after a breakup or moving to a new location. Now those that have longer times of loneliness according to the PDF. May be certain individual and social factors. The PDF said that for the social factors may be because the individual fails at integration. That the person in question may not feel that he or she is meaningful and significant. Now this is kind of because as society grows more diverse. People don’t see others that share the same ideas or beliefs. The more people can feel secluded. Now what’s the problem if people are lonely. Well according to this study it says that lonely people have higher rates of emotional and physical health problems. The lonelier a person is the is more likely for the person to suffer negatively. Now that we covered about humans needing connections. We will look in the changing patterns of close relationship in our day. As humans we need close relationships, we’ve established that. But as society develops more, we see a decrease in marriages and an increase in cohabitation. Cohabitation meaning that two people live together but do not commit to marriage. I remember hearing in a talk by a man named Chadwick called “hanging out, hooking up, and celestial marriage. There He talked about how cohabitation was made to kind of ease a couple to see if they were compatible for marriage. But this came without the commitment of marriage. Bruce Chadwick said that cohabitation does not help two people as much as being married to them. Then there are those that delay marriage because of several reasons. Now the study doesn’t really describe why people are getting married at a later age than previous generations. But we have talked in class. Most of the time is because people delay marriage for careers. The last thing that I want to talk about is why some marriages last long. Now the study asked husbands and wives what are the things that helps in the marriage. Surprisingly according to the study many things that the husband and wives said were similar if not the same. Both said that their significant other is their best friend. That they liked their spouse as a person. Marriage is a long-term commitment. Marriage is sacred to both. Now that I have shared with you this. I would like you to ponder for yourself. Is marriage important? If so, what do you think is most important in a marriage? Well, that was my spiel talk to y’all next week.