Week # 8 The family Under stress

What stood out to me this week from the reading were the six stations of divorce by Paul Bohanna. They were important in the fact that once an individual can identify such a problem they can combat such problems and signs. The Six Stations of Divorce were:

1.       The emotional divorce involves a loss of trust, respect, and affection for each other.

2.       The legal divorce in which a court official bring the marriage to an end.

3.       The economic divorce involves settlement of the property. This is the division of property.

4.       The co-parental divorce is experienced by those with children which are about two-thirds of all couples. When couples have to fight for custody, visitation rights, and continuing parental responsibilities. This I would have to say would be the most triadic part of marriage because you have to fight for the rights to care come of a little life that the two of you created together.

5.       The community of Divorce-which means that an individual has to branch out and develop new friends.

6.       The physical divorce- when an individual has to recreate a new life and identity.

There are so many reasons as to why an individual might file for divorce.  In this chapter it talks about sociodemographic factors such race and religion.  I thought that it would be a particular act that would destroy a marriage not other factors.

The chapter also identifies ways in which to prevent the divorce from taking place such as: continuing to our church meeting because if an individual attends these meetings faithfully he or she has to come to the realization that the covenant that they made was not only to their spouse, but to the Lord as well. With that being said they will both pray more causing them to look more internal for the causes of the strife between instead of blaming their partner. Another concept form this is the fact that they can give their problems up to a higher power and as they pray for a solution they can receive an answer together creating a sense of “weness” against the world strengthen their relationship.