Are Married Parents Really Better For Children

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When we see parents with their children around, we often might ask ourselves: are they married? Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish if parents with children are married because they might act differently in a certain way in public. For example, in the preschool that I work in, I just found out that one child’s parents are living together but are not married. They said that their child was an accident; therefore, they believe that it should be better to live together instead of getting married. When the child’s mother told me this, I was shocked because I thought that they were since I saw a ring in both of parent’s ring finger. In the journal “Are Married Parents Really Better for Children”, Parke mention that “childbirth and childbearing outside of …show more content…

It is difficult when a woman is pregnant, and then suddenly having trouble with taking care of her and the baby, especially if her partner walks out of her life. Additionally, as young as 12-year-old, relationships grow rapidly especially when they see their peers and/or friends have boyfriend/girlfriend. When they reach to their teenage years, they believed that it is fine to be sexually active. Then before they know it, they are pregnant because they did not wear any protection. According to the article “Marriage, Births, and Fertility”, De Vaus (2002) reported that “in 1971 two-thirds of births to teenage mothers were to married teenagers. A considerable proportion of these marriages would have been due to pregnancy”. It is highly recommended for parents/guardians to watch our children, and the importance about safe sex. Without supervision from adults, our children especially adolescent will be parents at a young age. Although there are people raising children without being married, they should know the consequences behind when couples are raising children without being

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