Divorce has an affect on everyone involved not just the two individuals who are choosing to dissolve the marriage. ... There is great loss, with grief, sadness, and confusion for the children involved. ... Fourth, children must deal with all their feelings involved in the divorce, including blame. ... Although divorce is devastating for all who are involved, we must be careful when labeling the children involved. ... Another interesting finding was that anyone from a family with high parental conflict, whether divorced or not, perceived their own relationship as a high risk (Johnston & Tho...

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As a result of divorce, adults tend to struggle with relationships, they are less likely to trust people and do not care about being involved in a relationship. ... Paul Amato (1992) and Kelly and Emery (2003) have made note of the different risks that contribute to the difficulty a child may encounter. ...

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The tragedy in this story however, could have been avoided if Friar Lawrence had not been involved. ... While his arrangements slowly began to fall apart, the Friar was unable to assess the risk and call it all off. ... The Friar took no time to calm down and consider some of the risks and consequences of his actions. ...

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In most divorces the children involved believe they are responsible for it. ... These actions involved smoking, skipping school, and just having a lack of respect for everyone including himself. ... I can get better responses and I can also see the body language that was involved with them. ... Harvard University press, Cambridge, MA, 1994 Werner, E., Smith, R.S., Overcoming the odds: high risk children from birth to adulthood. ...

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In 1999, Roger Sider, M.D. wrote the article, "Living Together Risky for Young Women and Children," which talks about domestic violence and the risks undertaken by young women and children. ... By separating from her husband, Lou is not only hurting herself, but she is increasing the risk for her children to become involved in illegal activities. ...

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These people also try to say to consider if that moment of pleasure is worth all the risks that are taken. These are few of the risks: You are participating in an act that potentially will make you feel worse about yourself. ... You are taking the chance of getting involved with other people of questionable motives and morals. ...

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According to Peggy Vaughan, "Forces within the individual that pull them toward affairs: Attraction: sex, companionship, admiration, power, Novelty, Excitement, risk, or challenge, Curiosity, Enhanced self-image, Falling in love" (1). ... Although the involved spouse may not be getting enough from the marriage, sometimes the involved spouse is not giving enough" (1). ...

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What increased alongside the nation's divorce rate was the number of children involved in divorce. ... The number of children involved in divorces and annulments stood at 6.3 per 1,000 children under 18 years of age in 1950, and 7.2 in 1960. ... According to their research, reported in their 1997 book A Generation at Risk, the worst situations for children are high-conflict marriages that last and low-conflict marriages that end in divorce. ...

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I was personally involved in teaching them throughout all the stages of development and shared in the joy of my children's accomplishments. ... Less time spent with children building character increases the risk for disregarding and disrespecting others. ... Even though being a stay-at-home mom may have periods of loneliness, boredom, frustration, and feelings of futility, the rewards of being personally involved with raising one's own children greatly outweigh the negatives. ...

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"Women put themselves at risk when they trade in a work identity for motherhood. ... In conclusion, it is best for families to choose between one parent having a career and the other having a job for many reasons, but the main reason for the overall happiness of the family and all people involved. ...

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Here's an important one, the partners sexual relationship should work well and be satisfying for both party's involved. ... More and more people are getting married at a young age and statistically speaking they are at a higher risk for divorce. ... If one of these situations is present in your current marriage than statistically there's more risk for divorce. ...

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There are still families here that are very much involved with religion and are just now trying to cope with the idea of homosexuality, never mind marriage between them. ... One being the position that it would it would encourage strong family values and give up high-risk sexual lifestyles. ... In terms of giving up high-risk sexual lifestyles, I don't believe that is true with any kind of marriage. ...

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The marriage expectations of 1898 are not a far cry from the worries of women in the present. In the past, there were many concerns of the economic value of a wife, whether it be abusing the wife's free labor, or marrying into a rich family for the sake of money. As times have slowly changed, the argument has not. The women are still doing much of the non-market work, but now it depends on her bargaining strength. During the last decade, women have become concerned with the economical impacts on behavior, ranging from the intra-household distribution power to the distribution of wealth b...

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Studies also show that children of divorced families exhibited a surge in alcohol and drug problems, negative self-concepts, greater conflict with parents, a lower standard of living, a greater risk of being a single parent and poorer physical health. ... Divorce is a life altering experience that can affect decisions of the children involved for the rest of their lives. ...

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If someone risks getting rained on and does not use an umbrella, she views that person as a daring romantic. ... Ruhl was involved in staging the production at Lincoln Center, so we are able to assume the choice to reverse the stereotypes in the final scene was at least partially her decision (Lemon). ...

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Rose eventually became interested in politics and involved in the bloody French Revolution. ... To obtain passes in and out of the city and travel between the lands was often very expensive and dangerous, often Rose would use her contacts to go where she needed to go even thought the great risk. ...

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Therefore the person might not have the opportunity to make his/her own decision and can be matched with someone who is simply not a good partner for that individual.We also watched a documentary called "Middle Sexes", where they give an example of an arranged marriage where how a gay person goes through arranged marriage to fulfill the family's tradition and values, but at he same time he kept his "secret" relationship with another man, who he has been involved in a relationship over 8 years. ... The association of consanguineous marriages with late onset complex dis...

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