Some things that might cause a married couple to divorce, like infidelity, finances, abuse, incompatibility, and unwillingness to compromise are some of the more common. These are troubles or personal problems people have as individuals that are actually public issues.
And they are things that would probably contribute to divorces.
However, they alone do not answer for the increasing numbers in divorces over the last 100 years. These are issues and problems …show more content…
Along with urbanization and mobility is the decrease in the number of primary relationships a person has and so they have less of a close support system and may therefore be less likely to have children. In todays society there are so many children having children and fathers not in the houseld. Children are left with no one to view as role models except in videos, gaming systems and retail …show more content…
According to the statistical abstract, Americans consume on average 37 gallons of alcohol per year, the majority being beer at an average of 32 gallons per year. The remaining 5 gallons is comprised of 3 gallons of wine and 2 gallons of other distilled alcohol. At this rate, Americans consume more beer than either coffee or milk. Beer consumption has become a major issue on college campuses with recent epidemics of binge drinking, particularly by college males. Many incidents have resulted in injury and death. Although many recent studies have extolled the health benefits of moderate alcohol consumption, the emphasis of these studies is upon moderate consumption or one or fewer glasses of wine per day. Some emerging studies indicate that the health benefits may be the same for grape juice and wine. Alcohol increases the risk of birth defects, and women who are or may become pregnant should not consume