It’s Time to Rethink Cohabitation
In today’s culture sex before marriage and living together is the norm. But what if God’s precepts against doing so were meant to protect you from the pain of a break up? The best research shows that cohabitation disrupts the formation of a long-term commitment. And cohabiting parents break up at a higher rate and inadvertently expose their children to dangerous home situations. Since up to 40% of all children will spend time in a cohabiting home let's rethink this and let God protect us.
Show Notes
About the Guest
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In today’s culture sex before marriage and living together is the norm. But what if God’s precepts against doing so were meant to protect you from the pain of a break up? The best research shows that cohabitation disrupts the formation of a long-term commitment. And cohabiting parents break up at a higher rate and inadvertently expose their children to dangerous home situations. Since up to 40% of all children will spend time in a cohabiting home let's rethink this and let God protect us.
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Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and ...more
I think it’s time to rethink premarital sex and cohabitation.
Ron: I think it’s time to rethink premarital sex and cohabitation.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: In today’s culture sex before marriage and living together is the norm. But what if God’s precepts against doing so were meant to protect you from the pain of a break up? The best research shows that cohabitation disrupts the formation of a long-term commitment. You keep trying to cook something without ever turning on the oven.
And cohabiting parents break up at a much higher rate and inadvertently expose their children to the most dangerous home situation for a child. And since up to 40% of all children will spend some time in a cohabiting home—I think it’s time we rethink this and let God protect us. For FamilyLife Blended, I’m Ron Deal.
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