The Rand Corporation, a non-profit think tank, conducted an analysis on Adolescent Relationships as Precursors of Healthy Adult Marriages. If you get an opportunity, download the free PDF which comes in full or summary version. What most interests us is the network of influences on our perceptions of relationships and expectations of our future. Ethnicity, economic conditions and environment are broad predictors of future relationship behaviors. However, as parents we should appreciate how manageable many influences are that lead to the development of our children’s perspectives of romance, love and marriage. While we can’t control the outcomes of their lives, we believe that we can nurture them toward a healthy understanding of what healthy intimate relationships look like as well as what their roles must or can be in those relationships.
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