Military Divorce Rate
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Military Divorce Rates and the Age Blended Families
Military Divorce rate In American society, the divorce rate is high as compared to other developed countries of the world. In 2001, before the start of Afghanistan war, the military divorce rate was just 2.5%. Today, this rate jumped to 3.9%, a significant change. The risk of divorce is limited to men, but women are also at the higher risk (Harper, 2011). Among all the military professions, the divorce rate in Air Force is highest. Roughly, 1 out of 27 couples ended in divorce. The family member of military personals are enjoying medical, insurance and housing facilities, but divorce …show more content…
So, couple has sufficient time to accommodate and understand each other likes and dislikes. There is a set of rules which guide each member to live accordingly. In the same way, child also learns all these rules and internalizes them. On the contrary, in a blended family spouse (s) have already child/ children. In this way, they have not honey moon time which they are enjoying in the first marriage. There is lack of understanding. For children, there is also difficulty to understand stepsiblings and stepparent. In this grim situation, rivalries are common among the family members. Unlike rivalries in biological family, these rivalries end in unwanted results which are the basic ingredients of divorce in a blended family. Furthermore, our society is also not supporting these kinds of families. People are creating problem by telling fairy tales to the stepchildren about the evils of stepparent and vice versa. While telling, they have not these sense that it will create problem for them in the …show more content…
Family counselors are professional psychologists who resolve the family problems by conducting family sessions. In order to solve the blended family problems, there is need of counseling. The therapy could be of various kinds depending upon the severity of problem and type of family. It will integrate the family and create the feeling of oneness. In addition, spouses have already knowledge about the family structure of each side. They should decide all matter and conduct premarital counseling therapy. The purpose of this therapy is to generate feelings of one family in both families (Erdman & Caffery 2013). It is productive and useful especially when children are adult. In this way, there could be decrease in the divorce rate of blended
Park University
Military Divorce Rates and the Age Blended Families
Military Divorce rate In American society, the divorce rate is high as compared to other developed countries of the world. In 2001, before the start of Afghanistan war, the military divorce rate was just 2.5%. Today, this rate jumped to 3.9%, a significant change. The risk of divorce is limited to men, but women are also at the higher risk (Harper, 2011). Among all the military professions, the divorce rate in Air Force is highest. Roughly, 1 out of 27 couples ended in divorce. The family member of military personals are enjoying medical, insurance and housing facilities, but divorce …show more content…
So, couple has sufficient time to accommodate and understand each other likes and dislikes. There is a set of rules which guide each member to live accordingly. In the same way, child also learns all these rules and internalizes them. On the contrary, in a blended family spouse (s) have already child/ children. In this way, they have not honey moon time which they are enjoying in the first marriage. There is lack of understanding. For children, there is also difficulty to understand stepsiblings and stepparent. In this grim situation, rivalries are common among the family members. Unlike rivalries in biological family, these rivalries end in unwanted results which are the basic ingredients of divorce in a blended family. Furthermore, our society is also not supporting these kinds of families. People are creating problem by telling fairy tales to the stepchildren about the evils of stepparent and vice versa. While telling, they have not these sense that it will create problem for them in the …show more content…
Family counselors are professional psychologists who resolve the family problems by conducting family sessions. In order to solve the blended family problems, there is need of counseling. The therapy could be of various kinds depending upon the severity of problem and type of family. It will integrate the family and create the feeling of oneness. In addition, spouses have already knowledge about the family structure of each side. They should decide all matter and conduct premarital counseling therapy. The purpose of this therapy is to generate feelings of one family in both families (Erdman & Caffery 2013). It is productive and useful especially when children are adult. In this way, there could be decrease in the divorce rate of blended