Jacob was filled with horror and grief when he heard what his sons had done. You have troubled me and made me stink among the inhabitants of the land . . . . This was a family crisis. All families today experience crises at different times in their marriage. In some families the birth of a child could create a problem.
Children can be a source of enjoyment, but can also add stress to a marriage.
The crisis happens because wives tend to neglect their husbands as they care for their children when they are young and worry over them when they are older. So wives, even though your children are important to you, guard against neglecting your husbands. Husbands, even though the temptation and opportunity to be unfaithful is great, instead of looking for an extramarital affair, seek to understand and support your wives. Other family crises include loss of job, resistance to changing roles, children's behavior such as teen pregnancy and drug abuse, severe illness, divorce. Isolation, or the feeling of being excluded, is another malady.