Communities break apart. So do many homes. So, instead of teaching the industrialized world about the virtue of marriage, new immigrants may find marriages breaking down in the next generation as their children become more Americanized. To reverse that trend will require a social sea change. Marriage will have to become chic again, according to my friend Iris Krasnow, a former UPI reporter who left journalism to raise four children.
Marriage can be hell.
And you might as well love the one you're with, especially if you have children. Sounds like an old rock tune. Of course, not everyone can dance to it. Some marriages are better off divorced. But she's right about the grass not always being greener, especially for the kids.