total crap

Children learn from their parents because they are the ones the children grow up looking up to and the parents become the child's" number one role model. .
             Parents become models for crucial aspects of life. Ones work ethic, intimate relationships, friendships, domestic skills, communication, and problem-solving skills are all learned from ones parents. Lessons about life are being taught when a parent has an affair, or when parents constantly argue or become violent towards each other. It is ironic how most American parents are quick to blame the media for impregnating the minds of children with hate, violence and low moral standards (Cherlin 104). However it is actually what they themselves show their children at home and more preciously influences the way they are, or what kind of a wife or husband they might become. .
             With these facts in mind, one might wonder why divorce is seen as such an unfortunate alternative; nevertheless it is the decision that most couples decide on taking without hesitation. .
             In the case of my family I feel that my parents were rushed into marriage, either by themselves or by other family members. I believe this caused for many disagreements of which continue until this day, even after twenty years of marriage. My parents had little in common and failed to respect each other's differences. They wanted for their spouse to accommodate to their ways instead of accepting them for how they already were. .
             Divorce is a nationwide social issue that should be regulated more closely by government officials and agencies. Just like they restrict and have heavy rules and regulations on gun ownership, adoptions, abortions, and business licensing; which all in one way or another directly affect the welfare of the public, they should also regulate the validity of the intent of marriage. .
             I propose to mandate a waiting period between the time they apply for a marriage license to the actual legal ceremony.