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1. What is meant by the term “a throwaway marriage”?
a) serial marriage; b) divorce and remarriage; c) to have a divorce somewhere in the background; d) to call it quits.
2. It’s common knowledge that the rate of divorces is extremely high. According to the latest estimates half of the marriages in the USA, for example, end in dissolution. What social reasons are acknowledged by family counselors to account for it?
to take a tolerant view of divorce; external factors; the women’s rights drive; sexual revolution; the strains of urban living; the decline of religion as an inhibiting force; to regard divorce as an acceptable solution for marriage failure/for an unsuccessful marriage.
3. How do traditionally-winded people view divorce? Are they tolerant of it? Why not?
bleakly; to live together without marriage vows; to view the family as a basic institution of society; a monogamy; to bind together husband and wife; “till death do them part”.
4. Why don’t most family counselors see divorce as acceptable? What are the effects of divorce on the disintegrated couple?
a) in terms of material losses: reduction in the standards of living they maintain as a couple; alimony and child support payments; to fall be kind in one’s payments; to find a job for a pay;
b) the impact of divorce and separation on children: single-parent families; broken homes; to be diminished; parental guidance and discipline; juvenile delinquency; to create a new social network of multiple parents;
c) the moral and emotional damage.
5. In what age groups is the highest incidence of divorce is observed?
persons in their teens; to occur at later ages; increased maturity at marriage; not to curb.
6. Why is marrying at later ages no guarantee of a stable marriage?
to enter marriage in more skeptical frames of mind than their predecessors; to be more willing to call it quits; young wives; to contribute to the family income; to assert a new independence; to cause friction.
7. What are the ways to curb the record divorce rate?
a) to avoid break-ups; to seek the help of ministers, physicians, marriage counselors and sex therapists; to save the marriage;
b) to do a better job of preparing young people for marriage before ceremony; to take courses on marriage and family matters; premarital counseling before the issuance of a wedding license; to sign contracts spelling out the terms of one’s marriage.
8. Are all marriages worth saving?
counselors; to help couples in failed marriages to part with minimum complications; emotional, financial and legal problems.
9. Can the modern society hope to reduce the divorce rate and cope satisfactorily with the strains that divorce represents in family life?
10.Does this mean that old-fashioned marriage is dying on the vine?
a flood of divorces; experiments in communal living; single parenthood; to survive in years ahead; to replace; an emotional centre of people’s lives, the transmitter of culture; to raise children; to adapt to changes in society.
11. Do divorces occur out of the blue?
to occur spontaneously; a chronic dissatisfaction; to live with chronic unhappiness; in a moment of crisis; to occur over some immediate issue.
12. Why do marriages fail?
to call for adaptations; to feel the disequilibrium; to search for a new relationship/for a new partner; to change the current relationship; a renewed commitment to the present marriage; the development of a marriage; different needs at different times.
13. At what points do family relationships have to be redefined?
children, to arrive; to go to work; illness; to leave; prolonged unemployment; a psychological renewal; to meet each other’s needs.
14. Why does the impact of divorce on children take the highest toll?
a major concern; the sufferers; to create a new network of multiple parents; to go through strain; to have fewer defenses; to depend more upon adults for security; to be used as Ping Pong balls; to play the parents against each other; to be confused and mystified; transition and crisis; to establish an emotional contact and intimacy with; to maintain a good parental relationship with one’s children by a previous marriage to create a system of support.
15. In what way do children learn about marriage relationships?
to observe one’s parents, sisters and brothers; a model; schools; to encourage the establishment of contact and mutual respect among peers.
16. How have young people’s attitudes towards marriage changed over the past decades?
to experiment in intimate relationships before marriage; to enhance continuity and growth; era of loose living; a search for strong relationships; to marry for romantic reasons.
17. What factors are essential to form a stable family union and maintain it?
work, mutual respect, accommodation; maturity; to lay the foundations for a lasting and adaptive marriage.
18. In what terms can the word “crisis” be regarded? Why is it essential to remember when the family has to pass through a crisis?
danger; a break up; opportunity; to adapt the family to new challenges.
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