Divorce in American Society

Divorce in American Society

Whatever happened to the picture that perfect traditional families portrayed?

Television has had such an influence over us when we begin wishing we had families like

the ones we see on Little House on the Prairie and The Brady Bunch. Families who work

together, support one another, and seem to have all of life's problems figured out. The

media is catching up to society and showing more single-family sitcoms with down to earth

family relationships such as Blossom, Sinbad and Married with Children. These types of

families show the nuclear family of today. They experience day to day worries and concerns

with the reality that everything is not always so perfect in the real world. There have been

many changes in American families since the 1950's. We are seeing more women in the

work force, family values changing, and more divorces leading to the rise of single parent

households. This is putting the American home downhill. Divorce seems to be a problem

solving solution that many families are taking into consideration; statistics show that it has

left half of all families fatherless. The United States has the highest divorce rate in the world.

Marriage is no longer taken for its life long commitment; most couples get into a marriage

wanting the best out of it. Unfortunately, people are getting married without thinking of the

responsibilities that come with marriage. What is happening to the meaning of a family?

Where are we taking it and why aren't we doing much about it? A family is suppose to be

the love and support of both a mother and father for their children. There is not much time

spent at home building new bonds and expressing the love. Instead, Americans have

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...hip; whether it

be between brother and sister, mother and daughter, father and son, boyfriend and

girlfriend, or husband and wife, it reassures the heart that everything is going to be all right.

I support the phrase, "a family that prays together stays together".

In society today there is no idealistic family. There is no going back to what the traditional

families were like. We are living in a day and age where children live with both parents, one or the

other parent, grandparents, aunt, or even homeless on the streets. There is no solution to prevent

divorces; it is a matter of true love and support before the commitment. There is no such thing as a

perfect marriage, but that doesn't mean we cannot strive for one. It is up to us to paint the family we

want and pray for its strength to last. What is to be said about the American family dream?