A healthy marriage benefits your children!

Having a healthy marriage is not just a luxury item, it's something we should strive for and expect. Researchers have determined that having a healthy, happy, fulfilling marriage benefits all family members. Below are statistics from research by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Healthy Marriage Initiative.


We believe God knew these benefits existed with the marriage of man and woman and that is why He instituted it. Modern research simply echoes what God says in His Word.



Researchers have found many benefits for children and youth who are raised by parents in healthy marriages, compared to unhealthy marriages, including the following statistics:


~More likely to attend college
~More likely to succeed academically
~Physically healthier
~Emotionally healthier
~Less likely to abuse drugs or alcohol
~Less likely to commit delinquent behaviors
~Less likely to be a victim of physical or sexual abuse
~Be open and honest with the couples you help
~Seek wisdom and understanding from God
~Have a better relationship with their mothers and fathers
~Decreases their chances of divorcing when they get marriedp
~Less likely to become pregnant as a teenager, or impregnate someone
~Less likely to be sexually active as teenagers
~Less likely to contract STD's
~Less likely to be raised in poverty