Living on your own

Adolescent is the gap between sexual and economical maturity. In the 1820's girls reached sexual maturity at 16 and boys at 18. In the 1820's girls and boys were economically mature at 18-20. Today girls are sexually mature at the earliest 8 and boy at 12. Today youth are economically mature at 26-28. Why is this so? It seems like in the 1820's life was perfect, once you were sexually mature you were economically mature. Youth are becoming to mature too fast. This means were need to teach our children at a younger age the ways of life. 

Divorce

70% of divorced married people 2 years later say that could have and should have fixed it and stayed married.

70% of men after divorce are remarried.

75% of people rated their marriage very low, 5 yrs. later that rated it higher

Divorce

Hostility

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Disappointment

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discouragement

6 Stations of Divorce

1-emotional

--loss of trust respect and affection towards each other

2- legal

--courts officially ends marriage

3- economical- 1/2

4- Co- Parental – joint

5- Community

6- Psychic

Parenting

When you become a parent you are able to get re-parented as you parent your child.
Here is a list of the few purposes of parenting...
-develops a capacity to love
-learn to understand God
-learn how to serve
-become selfless
-children help you understand God
-safe envioronment
-forced to encounter challenges
-help prepare and protect our children to survive and thrive in the world to live in