“6. You're supposed to get married and then have the baby.”
Being a 30 year-old father of nearly 2 (#2 in June) and married for nearly 7 years, I disagree with this statement entirely. What kind of message are you sending to your new-born child that Mom and Dad aren’t committed enough to each other to get married? I know very few people who either stay married or get married when a child comes into the picture. With divorces at a 50% clip in this country, some “old fashioned” values should be taken more seriously than being mindlessly considered antiquated by today’s standards. I owe it to my children to be committed to my wife and to their future through marriage commitment to my wife. There is something very profound in that. Most people who follow that statement will never realize that, and wonder why their children have such a hard time in their relationships 30 years later. Your decisions affect your children’s and grandchildren’s futures more than you realize.
