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Watching the governor of South Carolina cry like a little girl because his sexy e-mails got forwarded to his local newspaper, the State, made me wonder whether the real secret to a lasting marriage lies in limiting your means of escape. Whether you're putting the Buick Regal in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There Hope for the American Marriage? | 7/2/2009 | See Source »

And so two more American families discover a truth as old as marriage: a lasting covenant between a man and a woman can be a vehicle for the nurture and protection of each other, the one reliable shelter in an uncaring world - or it can be a matchless tool for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There Hope for the American Marriage? | 7/2/2009 | See Source »

The reason for these appeals to lasting unions is simple: on every single significant outcome related to short-term well-being and long-term success, children from intact, two-parent families outperform those from single-parent households. Longevity, drug abuse, school performance and dropout rates, teen pregnancy, criminal behavior and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There Hope for the American Marriage? | 7/2/2009 | See Source »

Poignantly, the one thing that unites the poor and the middle class in their hopes for family life is the imperishable dream of being married forever, grabbing hold of the golden ring of lasting partnership. The low-income mothers studied by Kefalas and co-author Kathryn Edin spoke repeatedly of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There Hope for the American Marriage? | 7/2/2009 | See Source »

Often, children suffer lasting traumas from jail. Says Saleh Nazzal of the Palestinian Ministry of Prisoner Affairs: "When soldiers burst into a house and drag away a child, he loses his feeling of being protected by his family. He comes back from prison alienated from his family, his friends. They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Israel Mistreat Palestinian Child Prisoners? | 6/30/2009 | See Source »

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