Young marriage and the prophetic instruction
Friday, July 28, 2023 | 840 Views |
Due to wed: Lesedi and Maureen
Often, they rush into making lasting decisions about getting married, at young ages, sometimes as teenagers, and many of these marriages end in stressful lives and divorces.
Such decisions often come with problems and usually, ultimately ruin the relationships. Lack of maturity, as studies suggest, is one of the biggest problems for marriages involving young couples. Studies further show that young couples who marry in early teenagehood, are often affected by changing values, belief systems, and behavioural patterns.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...