tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post4617993406383534893..comments2023-12-28T18:17:11.191-05:00Comments on Gruntled Center: Divorce Undermines Children's Trust in Other Institutions, TooGruntledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-9775343281074517272013-01-17T10:11:45.739-05:002013-01-17T10:11:45.739-05:00Perhaps now divorce and single parenthood is more ...Perhaps now divorce and single parenthood is more "normalized" but I suspect that was less the case when the adults in the study were children. <br /><br />You're a relatively liberal fellow, but you still just think single parenthood is simply "tolerable", conservatives, I suspect are much less accepting.<br /><br />I also wonder if these ministries to divorced people aren't just slightly less insidious than the "conversion therapy" inflicted by certain conservative groups on gays. Both these seem to be ways to single these folks out and tell them they are "less than"- but perhaps if they just love Jesus enough He will fix that. <br /><br />I also think it has a deep impact on both the children and the parent (and the children notice the impact on a parent) when people, and particularly institutions, take positions that someone's family unit is "broken" or even simply "tolerable", but clearly less than the traditional marriage that the institution holds as sacred and required for a whole family.Optimist https://www.blogger.com/profile/12963882839881858734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-51749165884237854122013-01-15T12:17:16.359-05:002013-01-15T12:17:16.359-05:00That could be, but I think not. Divorce, and even...That could be, but I think not. Divorce, and even single parenthood, has become so normalized that it is does not seem to carry much stigma even in churches. In fact, evangelical churches are more likely to have ministries to divorced people and single parents than mainline churches are. Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14864860607925412103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-25306511530573170612013-01-15T10:30:17.951-05:002013-01-15T10:30:17.951-05:00Does this trend hold true in more liberal areas an...Does this trend hold true in more liberal areas and more liberal religious communities? It seems to me that a significant part of this "distrust" of institutions, particularly political parties and churches come as a result of the judgement that too many of our politicians and religious communities have of people who are single or divorced parents. Chilren could be losing faith, not as a result of the divorce (or singlehood of the parent) but as a direct result of observing the way these institutions judge their parents. Optimist https://www.blogger.com/profile/12963882839881858734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-69824771610131225402013-01-14T09:23:04.725-05:002013-01-14T09:23:04.725-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03438241827816240295noreply@blogger.com