How Do We Teach Our Children The "Business" Of Marriage

Marriage is a legal business partnership that allows the two parties involved to combine assets and build family wealth through inheritance. In the U.S., the 63% divorce rate explains the growing poverty rate. The current economy simply does not allow for a single person to live a comfortable, stress free life, unless that person either earns a high living wage, ownes a successful business, has inherited wealth, or lives a very simple life with few costly possessions (low rent, no car note, no expensive appliances, no expensive clothing.) When marriages fail or never take place, the children from such unions oftten start their adult lives with nothing - no savings, no property, no inheritance to build on. Why aren't we teaching our children the business of marriage? Why are we letting our boys see marriage as a "trap" instead of financial security for themselves and their offspring for generations to come? Single men still struggling to pay rent well into their 60s and 70s is a sign that a foundation was not laid by a strong marriage. Why aren't men and women buying property together that would secure a home for children and grandchildren?  Why are we condeming our daughters to poverty by expecting them to struggle with jobs while remaining single mothers? Poverty and homelessness is the result of generations of men and women who never learned  the business of marriage - how to build and pass down wealth over several generations.  How do we begin to redirect our youth to plan for legal partnerships that stay together long enough to insure an economic foundation for the next generation to build on?