Family Forum / Marriage / Marriage / December 2006

Interesting article, but misleading at times.

For instance, they correlate improved odds of marital success
(satisfaction and longevity) with a college education.  I am
all for education, but it is by no means evident that the
college experience itself is the causative factor in marital
success.

Instead, it may be that people who have college-bound
personalities have other traits that make them better suited
for matrimony.  Or it may be that if Mom and Dad were happy
in their marriage, then not only did they set a good example
of success for the kids, they didn't loose the children's
college money setting up and maintaining two separate households.

There are, of course, many other possible reasons for the
correlation.  But the article, and the experts interviewed, both
advance ill-founded claims, which yet appear to be authoritative.

Best regards,
Larry G.
LAMPS
www.loveandmarriageseminars.com