It is very interesting to see where the family is at right now. Looking at the modern trends that the families are at and head more towards is really sad. Seeing that the average age of first marriage for females is 28 and males are 30 is really crazy to think about. That marriage is really being put off for so long. That people are growing up being told to take your time on family, in getting married and having kids. This really baffled me because I was 21 when I got married and 22 when I had my son. This was something that I wanted my whole life so why is it something that so many people put it off for so long? Many people want to try and create their lives before settling down. Which puts marriage and kids far down the line of life.

            Some things else that really stood out to me is what the divorce rate is. Many people who have heard that 50% of marriages end in divorce, the reality is that 24% of first marriages end in divorce. This was very interesting because of the fact that it talks about first marriages showing us that going for a person’s first marriage is not as scary as everyone makes it out to be. What a lot of people also forget is that things that are hard to do are always the most worth doing like marriage. It might not be easy but it is the most worth thing in life, as are most hard things.

             The other thing about family in today’s world is really sad. That the average house hold size is down to about 2.3 persons per home. This includes college dorms that have six people living together and bachelor pads and bachelorette pads. All this information coming together and still most homes really only have two people living together. This is really sad to see because this means single mom’s and just husbands and wives living together which means there is not a lot of new life coming in to the world, with a proper nuclear family.

            Something else that is interesting is that living alone is up and depression is up. These two things really seem to be connected and correlated. We know that man is not men tot be alone and that we are meant to have families and to get married and live with one another. If people were not so scared to commit and focused on the important things in life, I believe that in the case of depression and living alone the solution is simple and people need to work towards marriage. Now do not take this the wrong way do not just go about starting to live together out side of marriage. That is not the solution for this but to take the leap of faith and go ahead and get married. Start to have faith in the way God has planned all of us to live and grow.

            Sexual intimacy out side of marriage is also up from the past and out of wedlock births are up to 41% which is crazy that almost half of the children born are born out of wedlock. This could also have an interesting correlation. We know from studies that the best way for kids to grow up is to be in a family with a Mom and a Dad. To really get a better future this trend needs to change and that people need to get people to stop having premarital sex so that kids have the best chance in life as they grow older. It is amazing to see all these trends and they can all really be connected and fixed together in sort of a reverse domino effect.