Children Need Both a Father and Mother

An interesting article from http://www.ucg.org/ about the parents that children need. This follows this post about the origins of Christmas. For a free magazine subscription or to get this book for free click HERE! or call 1-888-886-8632.

Children Need Both a Father and Mother




article by Good News Editor





Marriage was designed to connect children to a loving relationship with their mother and father, offering stability for them and society at large.







Source: Photos.comStudies show that children from a stable marriage with both father and mother in the home have a better opportunity for a successful life and creating a stable family life of their own when they get married.



God seeks godly offspring (Malachi 2:15-16 [15] And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

[16] For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.





See All...). That is why He hates divorce or any other violation of the sacred covenant of marriage, like same-sex relationships (Malachi 2:14Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.



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Sexual immorality destabilizes husband-and-wife relationships and can often destabilize the family unit, negatively affecting children.



There is strong evidence that children need both a mother and a father. It seems that the absence of fathers is particularly damaging to children.



In the book Life Without Father: Compelling New Evidence That Fatherhood and Marriage Are Indispensable for the Good of Children and Society (1996), researcher David Popenoe noted that the absence of fathers was strongly linked to many societal ills—from crime to academic failure.



"Marriage must be reestablished as a strong social institution," he argued. He went on to say that "the father's role must be redefined . . . [It] must relate to the unique attributes of modern societies, to the new roles for women, and to the special qualities that men bring to childrearing" (1996, pp. 198-199).



Later he gave some of the statistics demonstrating the importance of fathers in the lives and proper social development of their children:



• 60 percent of America's rapists came from fatherless homes.



• 72 percent of adolescent murderers grew up without a father.



• 70 percent of long-term prison inmates are fatherless.

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