As such, I feel concerned that future generations will believe that marriage is a sham and divorce is normal and acceptable.

I already know many people (perhaps as a result of childhood experiences) think that marriage is a load of **** and settle for domestic partnership. Or they’re just concerned about taxes.

Either way, I find it utterly deplorable that the sanctity and seriousness of marriage been reduced to little more than a fad.

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10 Responses to “Do you think kids today will grow up thinking divorce is the norm?”

1. Chariot on August 29th, 2009 9:59 am

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   Marriage is just a contract that is sometimes mutually terminated. I don’t see anything wrong with kids seeing and understanding this. It’s better than them being raised into believing marriage to be a life sentence.

2. Chedvah on August 31st, 2009 2:37 pm

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   Yes, I think more and more kids will think that divorce is the norm.
   After all the divorce rate today is 50% but then there’s always another 50% chance that it’ll work out.

3. John L on September 1st, 2009 5:04 am

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   Divorce won’t be necessary as marriage becomes more and more a ting of the past.

4. ~ Hêℓℓz Stalks JayJay ~ on September 1st, 2009 9:12 am

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   My parents got divorced when I was 4.

   Does that necessarily mean that I’ve decided that I am going to get divorced in the future?

   No. But I think divorce is acceptable. Why should a couple remain together if they are no longer in love?

   And a lot of couples make mistakes when they get married. My mum has admitted to me that she made a big mistake when she married my dad. So divorce was the only option. If they had stayed together I think there would’ve been serious problems.

   Obviously the divorce affected me and my brother in some ways…but wouldn’t you prefer a happy mother and a happy father living separately, than two arguing, bickering, unhappy, angry parents forced to live together??

5. Give Blood on September 1st, 2009 7:09 pm

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   A teacher of one of my grandchildren asked the class to raise their hands if their parents were divorced. All but two children raised their hands. My grandchild came home and asked his parents When are you going to get a divorce?. They haven’t yet and it doesn’t look imminent.

6. Ðåzεd®'s avatar was murdered on September 5th, 2009 1:40 am

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   They have been growing up that way for the past few decades.

   But I reject societies conventions anyway

   Perhaps the prompt adoption of divorce once it became acceptable and convenient is due to the unrealistic expectations people placed on the marriage in the first place?

   its funny really - we live in a society that has an ever more romantic view of marriage and an ever more acceptable process for terminating one

7. Brian F on September 6th, 2009 12:15 pm

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   No. definetly not….. kids aren’t retarded. just because statistics are high on divorce doesn’t mean that each inparticular kid will think its normal.. if they do, their retarded.

8. RussellsAHOY on September 7th, 2009 7:07 am

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   It is, isn’t it?

9. I Stuck Skittles Up A Sheeps Bum on September 10th, 2009 12:58 am

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   I asked a question relating to this:

   I mean these days most people will have an ex-husband/wife by the time they die
   Most couples, as soon as they hit a few bumps in their marriage get separated/divorced
   I see it a lot in America
   I don’t usually see it in my country as much, Ireland but over the years I have seen it become more common
   I’m not saying that separation/divorce are a bad thing but what I am saying is that more people are getting divorced nowadays over petty problems that can be overcome if the couple just tried hard to fix them

10. Rosa on September 10th, 2009 5:40 am

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    I think they will think itz norm, after all thats happened 2 kids now a dayz wity their parents. But i guess we have 2 wait and c.(My parents broke-up when i waz 11yrs.)