Generation X, Less Happy, Why? Nowadays divorce is so common it’s hard for people to try hard, fight through their problems and make a marriage last when there’s such an easy way out, divorce. Marriages of earlier generations were sometimes happier, because divorce wasn’t the immediate anecdote to family or marital problems. I come to this conclusion from hearing about my moms childhood. My grandparents have stayed together to this day regardless of their problems which made my moms childhood happier. One incident which illuminates my moms childhood being happier is when my grandpa had to take care of the kids because my grandmother was in the hospital. It was great for my mom to have her own father take care of them instead of being left with an aunt or a close family friend.
My grandmother was told she’d be in the hospital for a couple of weeks, it ended up being three. This was the first time she was separated from her children, and the first time my grandpa, the businessman, had to take care of the house and kids. All the household duties changed and it was hectic, my grandpa had to take on the mother role. He had to make breakfast for the kids, pack their lunches, go grocery shopping, help with homework and take the kids to school. My mom who was only nine was the only girl so they made her make the beds and clear the table. Those three weeks were hell, for all of them.
For my grandpa it was difficult to take care of everything and work over forty hours a week. For the children it was hard to be separated from mom. All my grandmother did was worry the whole time about the kids, the house and my grandpa probably having a nervous breakdown. It was very difficult, but this incident brought all of them closer, ina way. My grandmother missed her family as much as they missed her. My mom and uncles also became a lot closer to my grandfather.
The Essay on Kids in Care
In the UK today, there are 70,000 children in care of the state. Since the tragic death of Peter Connelly – known as Baby P – the number of children taken into care has risen by 40%. This is a tale of two boys – a Conner and a Conor. They are just two of those 70,000 children removed from their families. For those children, a place in a foster home can cost ? 1,000 a week while a ...
Overall this experience showed my grandparents how much they loved, missed, and needed each other but it was better when they handled things together and then they knew they made the right decision by staying together. This experience, in a way, showed them what it would be like if they were divorced or separated, lonely, sad, and very unpleasant. Maybe divorce wouldn’t have been as bad as they thought but I’m glad they thought that way for my moms sake and my own. It may be naive but in the end it opened their eyes and my mom thinks her childhood was happier because of it, and I believe her.
In conclusion, earlier generations may have thought divorce was a crime and may not have known as much as we do but if they were happier like that maybe we should have never learned.
