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- From: markbr%radian@natinst.com (markbr)
- Subject: Re: raising children
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- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.192754.25406@radian.uucp>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:27:54 GMT
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- In article <BxyvEz.GpE@encore.com> aaldrich@encore.com (Al Aldrich) writes:
- >S. Wukovitz <SXW103@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
- >
- >>In article <1992Nov19.000618.19319@radian.uucp>, markbr%radian@natinst.com
- >>(markbr) says:
- >>>I want there to be a *requirement* for a marriage license that you have
- >>>taken an approved course (like the defensive driving courses) on parenting,
- >>>and one on relationships.
- >
- >It might help but will not solve in my opinion. I know from my own experience
- >that nothing would have prepared me for dealing with the problems that my
- >wife and I went through and survived and nothing would have prepared us
- >for how to deal with our kids effectively.
- >It all has to do with personalities and `change'. I/we have had to learn
- >to keep communicating, keep evaluating, and keep adjusting to the
- >changes that we and the kids go through. I don't think a `curse' could
- >be inclusive enough to cover all of the situations that can arise due
- >to a gezillion different variables in relationships.
- >
- >>(besides, I don't agree even in the relationship case...
- >>I suspect that the people who would already be good at
- >>communicating and resolving differences would benefit,
- >>and those who would not be good at it would not benefit.
- >>just IMHO of course :-)
- >
- >Just a thought on this. I was not good at it 20 years ago, but today
- >I do much better. One can learn, but life is the teacher.
- >
- *sigh*
- Please show where I have made *ANY* all-inclusive statements concerning
- this as a cure-all. Driver ed doesn't stop acccidents, but the insurance
- companies (who *surely* care, and look at their own statistics) seem to
- think it cuts down on them. In the same way, it is my opinion that a
- "marriage ed" course would a)cut down on child abuse, b) cut down on
- unplanned pregnancies, c) cut down on divorces, esp. if they where taught
- in the serious, matter-of-fact way driver courses are.
-
- Is it possible that there may be enough adjectives in there (the above
- paragraph) for everyone?
-
- a qualified re-
- mark
-