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FINANCIAL HEALTH TIP:
YOUR MARRIAGE FIRSTWhen we get busy, we often get focused on so many thing at once and sometimes neglect other things. Marriage is often one of the things we neglect. Also, money comes up in marriage a lot. But did you know that a healthy marriage can increase your financial readiness for life's moments.
Divorce and unmarried childbearing increase poverty for both children and mothers. Married couples seem to build more wealth on average than singles or cohabiting couples. Marriage reduces poverty and material hardship for disadvantaged women and their children. Minorities benefit economically from marriage. Married men earn more money than do single men with similar education and job histories. Parental divorce (or failure to marry) appears to increase children’s risk of school failure. Parental divorce reduces the likelihood that children will graduate from college and achieve high-status jobs. LEARN MORE AT: http://americanvalues.org/catalog/pdfs/why_marriage_matters2.pdf |
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PHYSICAL HEALTH TIP:
YOUR MARRIAGE FIRSTWe all love our kids, and often they become our number one priority. But sometimes we shift our focus too much onto our kids and not enough on our marriage. You might not know that your marriage has a profound affect on your children's health. So love your kids by loving your spouse.
Children who live with their own two married parents enjoy better physical health, on average, than do children in other family forms. Parental marriage is associated with a sharply lower risk of infant mortality. Marriage is associated with reduced rates of alcohol and substance abuse for both adults and teens. Married people, especially married men, have longer life expectancies than do otherwise similar singles. Marriage is associated with better health and lower rates of injury, illness, and disability for both men and women. Marriage seems to be associated with better health among minorities and the poor. LEARN MORE AT: http://americanvalues.org/catalog/pdfs/why_marriage_matters2.pdf |
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CHILDRENS HEALTH TIP:
YOUR MARRIAGE FIRSTWe all love our kids, and often they become our number one priority. But sometimes we shift our focus too much onto our kids and not enough on our marriage. You might not know that your marriage has a profound affect on your children's health. So love your kids by loving your spouse.
Here's a few stats you might be interested in: Marriage increases the likelihood that fathers and mothers have good relationships with their children. Growing up outside an intact marriage increases the likelihood that children will themselves divorce or become unwed parents. Marriage, and a normative commitment to marriage, foster high quality relationships between adults, as well as between parents and children. Divorce and unmarried childbearing increase poverty for both children and mothers while marriage reduces poverty and material hardship for disadvantaged women and their children. Parental divorce (or failure to marry) appears to increase children’s risk of school failure. Parental divorce reduces the likelihood that children will graduate from college and achieve high-status jobs. Children who live with their own two married parents enjoy better physical health, on average, than do children in other family forms. Parental marriage is associated with a sharply lower risk of infant mortality. Marriage is associated with reduced rates of alcohol and substance abuse for both adults and teens. Children whose parents divorce have higher rates of psychological distress and mental illness. Boys raised in single-parent families are more likely to engage in delinquent and criminal behavior. A child who is not living with his or her own two married parents is at greater risk for child abuse. LEARN MORE AT: http://americanvalues.org/catalog/pdfs/why_marriage_matters2.pdf |
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