The proposed legislation also sets forth guidelines for minimizing exposure to harmful parental conflict, outlining the authority of each parent, encouraging parents to meet their responsibilities through mutual agreements and not by judicial intervention, protecting the best interests of the children, and providing a residential schedule for them. Parents failing to comply with the plan could be held in contempt of court. When a man I know married his sweetheart in 1972, neither assumed it would be forever. They're still together. He's onto something.
Human relationships are fragile and prone to disease.
Not all marriages deserve to be saved, and I'd argue that divorce has redeemed more human spirits than it has doomed. Now, though, a Michigan legislator has introduced a bill that would make divorce more difficult. One person's disinterest or lonliness would become insufficient to justify a divorce. These moms and dads become role models for bitterness, resignation or both. No wonder commitment gets a bad rap, promising dullness and ache.