Divorce culture

In society today, divorce has become a common norm. Many couples are just ending there marriages left right and centre. Statistics reveal that in the United states half of all American children will witness the breakup of a parent’s marriage. Of these, close to half will also see the breakup of a parent’s second marriage.” (Furstenberg, Peterson, Nord, and Zill, “Life Course”).


The covenant of marriage is meant to last forever, the acceptance of divorce has increased, it therefore leaves the question, is our society embracing the culture of divorce?

In the African culture and I believe in all other cultures, marriage has always been considered to last until death separate the two. Even though this too had its own disadvantages especially in African communities where Women had to endure abuse in the name of ‘marriage’, in today’s life divorce is the order of the day. The rate at which people are divorcing outweighs the rate at which people are getting married. Our values and moral have all gone down the drain.

We need to do something to prevent the divorce culture that is slowly eating into our society. Our children need protection and so does our future generation. Lets us have open communications in all family relationships

Before you take that step, re-think your commitment. Why are you getting married?