Not exact matches
This is very far from being a new analysis: Family and Youth
Concern, still battling away, was doing pioneering work over 30
years ago (for which its founder, Valerie Riches, was deservedly made a papal dame), pointing out how disastrous for society the undermining
of the traditional family based on
marriage - not least by successive governments - really was.
The Forced
Marriage Unit handles approximately 5,000 enquiries and 400 cases per year concerning young British nationals at risk of being forced into marriage o
Marriage Unit handles approximately 5,000 enquiries and 400 cases per
year concerning young British nationals at risk
of being forced into
marriage o
marriage overseas.
Married for many
years, Gerri and Tom have a comfortable, nurturing relationship, diligently raising vegetables together in their allotment in the local communal garden and sharing parental
concern about their 30
year - old son Joe (Oliver Maltman), a lawyer who's aware that most
of his friends are settling into
marriage.
Andrew Haigh's 45
Years is a film about
marriage but
concerned with knowing, and it is a devastating, slow - motion vivisection
of a
marriage shaken by knowledge.
44
years and 51 weeks into Geoff and Kate's
marriage, a letter arrives
concerning the surprise discovery
of a body
of Geoff's old flame who had fallen into a ravine during a hiking incident some 50
years ago.
The book is bolstered by their
years of experience and genuine
concern for every couple's success, whether just starting out, considering
marriage, or already committed and searching for improvement.
After all these
years of working with couples, I now understand that the heart
of the matter, the central issue in the
marriage, rarely
concerns the content
of a couple's arguments, but almost always
concerns the strength and responsiveness
of the attachment relationship they have.
Noah Rubinstein, a licensed
marriage and family therapist with over 25
years of experience working in mental health and social services, launched GoodTherapy.org in 2007 in response to his
concerns about the state
of mental health treatment in the U.S..
[ANONYMOUS LISTSERVE COMMENT]: «I haven't seen any research on this... However, in 20 +
years of experience working with divorced families, I have no doubt that fathers who were pretty hands - off during the
marriage become much more active and involved during the divorce and that, fortunately, many
of them sustain this involvement in the post-divorce period... cynical dads who are
concerned with punishing their ex, using the children as a bargaining chip, or reducing their exposure to child support [are unlikely] to convincingly and consistently sustain such playacting for any period
of time.»