SURVEY QUESTIONS/ANSWERS (6 of 14):
- How does a marriage change when children are added to the family?
– More stress.
– Less sleep.
– Less time to do things you want to do.
– Life becomes less boring.
– Find a new joy that never existed before; a different kind of joy.
– Have less time to spend with each other.
– Less spontaneity.
– Time becomes more scheduled; routines are established.
– Draws the spouses together in a new way.
– See a side of your spouse you have never seen before.
– Find out what it’s like to take pride in your children and want to show them off.
– Strengthens the family unit.
– Discover just how amazing the birth of a child can be.
– Discover a new level of love.
– Develop a new respect for and appreciation for your own parents.
– Discover you have new things to worry about.
– Prayer life increases.
– Learn how to be a nurse.
– Discover some of your own weaknesses.
– Disappointment if you find one spouse is not a good parent.
– Discover you are a lot like your own parents.
– Realize the importance of teaching values to your kids.
– Realize the importance of taking (not sending) them to church.
Note: Many couples stop going to church when they first get married.
– Become more sensitive to who you are and how you are perceived.
– Learn the importance of having your spouse as an ally.
– Your perspective of other children changes.
– Start losing touch with your friends (especially those without children).
– Discover that you and your spouse have different parenting philosophies.
– Your in-laws tend to visit more often.
– You become a taxi driver.
– Find that you have a new capacity for loving and enjoying kids.
– You tend to relive your childhood through your kids.
– You discover that other parents give their children more freedoms
which puts pressure on you in trying to be protective of your children.
– Your jobs change (you have to be a parent).
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