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THE SOCIAL SCIENCE OF DIVORCE
A Position Paper against Senate Bill Nos. 67, 288 and 356
For the EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Divorce really DOES have a negative impact on children: Study shows boys over seven are most likely to behave badly if their parents are separated
(ARTICLE By STEVE DOUGHTY FOR THE DAILY MAIL)It has long been suspected that divorce has a damaging impact on children.Now a major study has confirmed that they suffer more emotional problems than other children – with boys’ behaviour particularly badly affected.The...
Marriage Up, Abortion and Divorce Down as Hungary Chooses Family Support Over Mass Migration
Hungary is preparing to hold a country-wide national consultation on its family policy, which has already resulted in an increase in marriage and a decline in abortion and divorce.
Why the President is against divorce
By: Bernardo M. Villegas - @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer Future generations will be very grateful to President Duterte if he is able to prevent the passage of a divorce law during his watch. He has announced that he is not in favor of a divorce law because...
President Duterte’s Views on Divorce
President Duterte’s Views on Divorce by Prof. Bernardo M. Villegas, Ph.D. Part 1 Children in the future generations will be very grateful to President Duterte if he is able to prevent a divorce law from being passed under his watch. His recent announcement that he is...
THE SOCIAL SCIENCE OF DIVORCE
THE SOCIAL SCIENCE OF DIVORCE SUMMARY: Over the past several decades, social science has produced a vast body of literature which shows that divorce, or marital dissolution, seriously harms children and society, and provides no real benefit to spouses. THE SOCIAL...
The Social Evils of Divorce (Part 2)
Divorce also has devastating consequences on adolescents as they go through the most difficult period of their lives from the psychological standpoint. Penn State sociologist Paul Amato estimated how adolescents would fare if the U.S. society had the same percentage...
The Social Evils of Divorce (Part 1)
Pro-divorce legislators and pundits are hoping against hope that under the Duterte Administration they have a greater chance of advancing their cause, which abundant empirical evidence has demonstrated to have devastating consequences on society. Those who would want...
If we want school shootings, break up the family
We’ve seen them on TV and videos. We have seen the anguish, anger, and unbearable fear of young people who survived. One survivor who was being interviewed, just faltered: “I can’t do it, I’m sorry, I can’t,” and he choked and walked away. Entering the feelings of the...
In defense of the Filipino family
I write in defense of the Filipino family. Our honorable legislators are once again pushing to approve divorce bills, which will damage the stability and unity of the Filipino family. Instead of protecting marriage as an inviolable social institution (Article XV,...
Parental Divorce—Worse than Parental Death
Everyone recognizes that children suffer when they lose a parent through death. But in recent decades, some progressives have asserted that children suffer relatively little when they lose a parent (usually their father) through divorce. Since they were the ones who...