Here is a video I saw posted this week. I was not expecting it to move me the way it did. It broke my heart. This little girl is a spokesperson for all children of divorce and troubled marriages. In her limited 6 year old vocabulary, she is able to convey what she feels so adequately. She pleads for her parents to lower themselves (pride) and meet together (compromise). She speculates that if they don't put forth effort to change, mosters (evil/hatred) will overcome good.
She may not realize it but she touched on the number one turmoil that has inflicted so many young Americans.
In America, there is one divorce approximately every 36 seconds*. That's nearly 2,400 divorces per day, 16,800 divorces per week and 876,000 divorces a year. (McKinly Irvin. Family Law)
http://www.mckinleyirvin.com/Family-Law-Blog/2012/October/32-Shocking-Divorce-Statistics.aspx
They also cite: "The average length of a marriage that ends in divorce is eight years."
That's just enough time to have at least a couple of kids. Out of these children according to the U.S. Census Bureau, "Seventy-five percent of children with divorced parents live with their mother." That's a lot of Tianas (little girl in video) out there. Besides shaking Jenna's parents and pleading with them to "be nice" (as she puts it) what is there to do about the much larger problem? To be continued....
I hadn't seen that video before! It's really cute but also very powerful. Drives your point right to the heart. Thanks for sharing.
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