Marriage through the stages

                                   

If you ask almost any parent, they'll tell you that raising children is one of life greatest joys. Today about half of U.S adults say they prefer that two children is the ideal number. When about two centuries ago the average number of kids was eight.

My mother was exactly what the statistics say. She only had two children, my brother and I. She did not want to have kids, My parents were never poor, but they were never rich. My mother thought raising kids would be expensive, and she knew it would be a life-long commitment. Many other U.S adults agree with this in this day in age, because most women are either waiting to have children until their late 30's, or not having any children at all. It is expensive to put kids through college. It cost a lot more now to go to college than it did a century or so ago. Thats why raising too many children is just too hard, so couples decide to have less children.

Both of my parents worked full time jobs while I was growing up, just to pay for anything and everything. So, I went to school, came home, did homework, and usually never saw my parents because they were always working, trying to make a life for my brother and I, but failed to realize they didn't spend as much time with their children as they should have. Dont get me wrong, my parents gave me everything they could, but they had to work for it not like most people. Some parents today don't even have enough time for their children at all, this is for low income and high income family's in the U.S.

Recently, my parents have become something you call "empty nesters", Thats when their

 children don't live with them anymore. My parents were never the ones to show public affection, but like most parents most of the time when going through this phase their love and commitment would increase. There are a lot of ups and downs in a marriage life, it goes through a lot of stages and finally dealing with the lose of a spouse is the hardest. Lucky for me I haven't lost a parent, but I know that day will come and everyone in the family will have to prepare for it. I know friends that have lost parents and its tragic. The one thing you should do is to always stay positive and dont think you're alone, because everyone gets lonely at a point of distress and lose in their life.