Comments on: The growing impact of marriage-absence on kids http://mensnewsdaily.com/sexandmetro/2009/07/29/toll-of-marriage-absence-on-kids-rising/ Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:01:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rich Birkett http://mensnewsdaily.com/sexandmetro/2009/07/29/toll-of-marriage-absence-on-kids-rising/comment-page-1/#comment-2512 Rich Birkett Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:37:20 +0000 http://mensnewsdaily.com/sexandmetro/?p=6098#comment-2512 Shouldn't the title read "The growing impact of PARENT-absence on kids"? It seems children are far more affected by a missing parent, married or unmarried, than by the presense of both unmarried parents. Marriage is like religion, children really don't understand its implications nearly as much as when they're older. Speaking of marriage: Marriage is like war - too easy to get into and too hard to get out of. Shouldn't the title read "The growing impact of PARENT-absence on kids"? It seems children are far more affected by a missing parent, married or unmarried, than by the presense of both unmarried parents. Marriage is like religion, children really don't understand its implications nearly as much as when they're older.

Speaking of marriage: Marriage is like war – too easy to get into and too hard to get out of.

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