After reading the article “Marriage 101, I want you to pretend you are a marriag
After reading the article “Marriage 101, I want you to pretend you are a marriage counselor. Your first couple of the day are newlyweds who sit across from you, side by side on the couch while holding hands. They say to you, “Dr. We’re so in love. Neither of us can even
think about life without the other. But we know that about half of all marriages fail and
we don’t want to be part of that statistic. What advice can you give us? What can we
do to increase the chances of staying together? What are the warning signs that maybe
there are problems with the relationship? For the sake of our future children, we don’t
want to put those kids through the trauma of divorce. So, can you help us? Can you
give us some advice?”
Your job is to give them quality advice based on what you have read in the
article “Marriage 101.” The higher quality of your advice, backed by the greatest amount
of research, gets you the most. Use real sociological research to strengthen your advice. Put some thought into this—remember, you are trying to save their marriage.