Arkansas City will not be the focus now, but we can still talk about the town. For now the blog is a blog in search of an identity. Considering what the new niche will be.
I would guess it is supported by people who admire folks who parent children who are not of their own flesh and blood with as much love, patience, nurturing and care as they would (or do) their own.
Takes quite a bit of love and emotional well being - more importantly spiritual maturity - to finish what others started when it applies to child rearing.
Step-children aren't just from divorced homes. Some have lost parents at an early age. Some are children of one of the thousands of soldiers who gave their life to protect your right to joke about their children receiving care from a step-mother or step-father.
Some of those are parents who married am unwed parent and have formed a beatiful family from out of a difficult situation. Pretty much all of them are folks who would not go out of their way to trample the feelings of others in the was that 4:36pm just did.
"50% of all marriages in the America end in divorce." The above statement about the divorce rate in America hides all the details about distribution, however.
Age at marriage for those who divorce in America
Age Women Men Under 20 years old 27.6% 11.7% 20 to 24 years old 36.6% 38.8% 25 to 29 years old 16.4% 22.3% 30 to 34 years old 8.5% 11.6% 35 to 39 years old 5.1% 6.5%
The divorce rate in America for first marriage, vs second or third marriage 50% percent of first marriages, 67% of second and 74% of third marriages end in divorce, according to Jennifer Baker of the Forest Institute of Professional Psychology in Springfield, Missouri.
According to enrichment journal on the divorce rate in America:
The divorce rate in America for first marriage is 41% The divorce rate in America for second marriage is 60% The divorce rate in America for third marriage is 73%
The divorce rate in America for childless couples and couples with children According to discovery channel, couples with children have a slightly lower rate of divorce than childless couples.
Sociologists believe that childlessness is also a common cause of divorce. The absence of children leads to loneliness and weariness and even in the United States, at least 66 per cent of all divorced couples are childless.
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The fact is I don't disagree with Families or the Family Structure but statisics don't lie and broken or dysfunctional families doesn't bode well for a healthy Society!
•In 2004, the state with the highest reported divorce rate was Nevada, at 6.4 (per 1,000). Arkansas was a close second, with a divorce rate of 6.3, followed by Wyoming at 5.3. The District of Columbia had the lowest reported divorce rate, at 1.7, followed by Massachusetts at 2.2 and Pennsylvania at 2.5. (Figures were not complete for California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, or Oklahoma.) •8.1% of coupled households consist of unmarried heterosexual partners, according to The State of Our Unions 2005, a report issued by the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University. The same study said that only 63% of American children grow up with both biological parents -- the lowest figure in the Western world.
JJ,
ReplyDeleteDid they ever give an explanation of Step Family day? Why it deserves a declaration of celebration?
No
ReplyDeleteThe national group, maybe the state group, requested it, so the city just said ok
You could probably get about any kind of day declared you want.
There has to be some divorce lawyers in the background pushing that agenda! LOL :)
ReplyDeleteI would guess it is supported by people who admire folks who parent children who are not of their own flesh and blood with as much love, patience, nurturing and care as they would (or do) their own.
ReplyDeleteTakes quite a bit of love and emotional well being - more importantly spiritual maturity - to finish what others started when it applies to child rearing.
Step-children aren't just from divorced homes. Some have lost parents at an early age. Some are children of one of the thousands of soldiers who gave their life to protect your right to joke about their children receiving care from a step-mother or step-father.
Some of those are parents who married am unwed parent and have formed a beatiful family from out of a difficult situation. Pretty much all of them are folks who would not go out of their way to trample the feelings of others in the was that 4:36pm just did.
All in favor say Aye! All oppsed say "LOL"
Cinderella not a fan.
ReplyDeleteAll in favor say Aye! All oppsed say "LOL"
ReplyDeleteYou know I don't think I quite got the message you were trying to convey about Step Family Day!
Should we have Step-Mothers Day and Step- Fathers day?
I think I could buy just a plain old celebration of Family Day!
AND
No child can pick their parents - if they could????
"50% of all marriages in the America end in divorce."
ReplyDeleteThe above statement about the divorce rate in America hides all the details about distribution, however.
Age at marriage for those who divorce in America
Age Women Men
Under 20 years old 27.6% 11.7%
20 to 24 years old 36.6% 38.8%
25 to 29 years old 16.4% 22.3%
30 to 34 years old 8.5% 11.6%
35 to 39 years old 5.1% 6.5%
The divorce rate in America for first marriage, vs second or third marriage
50% percent of first marriages, 67% of second and 74% of third marriages end in divorce, according to Jennifer Baker of the Forest Institute of Professional Psychology in Springfield, Missouri.
According to enrichment journal on the divorce rate in America:
The divorce rate in America for first marriage is 41%
The divorce rate in America for second marriage is 60%
The divorce rate in America for third marriage is 73%
The divorce rate in America for childless couples and couples with children
According to discovery channel, couples with children have a slightly lower rate of divorce than childless couples.
Sociologists believe that childlessness is also a common cause of divorce. The absence of children leads to loneliness and weariness and even in the United States, at least 66 per cent of all divorced couples are childless.
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The fact is I don't disagree with Families or the Family Structure but statisics don't lie and broken or dysfunctional families doesn't bode well for a healthy Society!
•In 2004, the state with the highest reported divorce rate was Nevada, at 6.4 (per 1,000). Arkansas was a close second, with a divorce rate of 6.3, followed by Wyoming at 5.3. The District of Columbia had the lowest reported divorce rate, at 1.7, followed by Massachusetts at 2.2 and Pennsylvania at 2.5. (Figures were not complete for California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, or Oklahoma.)
ReplyDelete•8.1% of coupled households consist of unmarried heterosexual partners, according to The State of Our Unions 2005, a report issued by the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University. The same study said that only 63% of American children grow up with both biological parents -- the lowest figure in the Western world.
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I know enough - I'll lay off!