SOCIAL EROSION

According to author Daniel Goleman, although the rate per year of divorces has more or less leveled off, the risk of divorce is on a perilous climb. This means that the odds that a given newly married couple will have their marriage eventually end in divorce is high. 

The shift gets clearer in comparing divorce rates for couples wed in a given year. For American marriages that began in 1890, about 10 percent ended in divorce. For those who wed in 1920, the rate was about 18 percent; for couples married in 1950, 30 percent. Couples that were newlywed in 1970 had fifty-fifty chance of splitting up or staying together. And for married couples starting out in 1990, the likelihood that the marriage would end in divorce was projected to be close to a staggering 67 per cent. If the estimate holds, just three in ten of recent newlyweds can count on staying married to their new partner.

Although these stats are from America I won’t be surprised that the situation here in Kenya isn’t any different. The number one reason for this alarming rate is the steady erosion of social pressures.  The stigma surrounding divorce is no longer there even in the Church. It has become something acceptable especially with the influence of the media. Things that were once considered anathema have become acceptable to us. Someone once said that the things we allow we eventually accept.

What do you think we should do to reverse this trend? Your comments are highly welcome. Together we can come up with the solutions to this problem.

Coming soon-;

Couples Valentine Dinner

When? Friday the 14th of February

Where? IBS-Biblica Caledonia

How much? Kshs. 3,500/= only per couple