“Broken Marriages” By Edilberto Alegre

The paper shows how a family ends. Some resulted from infidelity of parents. There are also some families that break up due to poverty. These break ups greatly affect the children, who are supposedly considered as the fruit of love. As what the writer stated, children who are product of broken families are often maimed even if they grow up with one of their parents. They usually lead a life that if full of hatred.

Our law provides only one reason for a marriage to be considered as void, and that reason is psychological incapacity. That is why a lot of couples are stuck in a relationship where love no longer exists and spouses stay together for the sake of the children. They believe that this is the best thing to do. However, children from these families often feel betrayed by their parents that they pretend that everything is fine, which is in fact a lie.

There are no other legal remedies for broken marriages. The author suggests that there should be legal amelioration for people concerned– the spouses and the children. According to the author, it is the time the law became compassionate to those who have not experience real happiness and that church is mired in old paradigms which demand a successful marriage.

Though a lot of children from broken families live a bitter life, there are still those who manage to learn from the experiences of their parents and build a better life. Also, if spouses are stuck in a relationship where love does not exist, they should have thought about it before they enter marriage. It is not the fault of the institutions in our society if there are consequences involved in broken marriages and these institutions do not demand on a successful marriage. The church and our law just want what is best for the family – the basic social unit of our society.

Couples who enter marriage life should first think about it not just once, twice or trice, but a hundred times. Marriage is a lifetime commitment. It is not game that you can request for time-out or stop it if you want to. It involves not just the couple, but as well as the lives of the children – children who can live a better life instead of a bitter one when in the first place; the parents should have planned and thought over the different consequences in entering marriage.