CAUSES AND EFFECT OF DIVORCE AND FAMILY ORGANIZATION (EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In ancient societies, marriage of a youth in ancient society was parts of the responsibilities of his parents. The young man had no choices and no says. He accepted his wife his joy and thanks. In some cases, a wife was married for him at a time he could certainly not afford to keep a wife all maintenance was borne by the parents. According to Landis, H. P. (1977) In the past marriage were a matter within the clan or within clan’s and its environs parents were not anxious to see their suns getting married to girls from distant places or other tribes. Marriages arranged by parents on the basis of family friendship ties rarely broke up in the past. Divorce in the ancient times was also very rate, because of penalties of proven infidelity and fear of offending elders of both families.
In Nigerian, there are four clearly defined types of marriage we have the church or statutory marriage, court marriage is performed at the Muslim Mosque and marriages contracted according to the native laws and customs of any given ethnic group known as the traditional marriages. In 1979, according to Fumilayo Lavis, marriage was made for the purpose of having children so as to establish a family because marriage was ordained by God to serve this purpose, when these children are virtually born, they are seen as God’s blessing and as a gift to their parents as they are social and economic assets to their parents. The family this time needs a home to live in and feel secured, this home is a place where a family live and also a place where one secured love. It is a place which provide all individual need in order to fit into the society successfully. A home provides for good physical, mental, psychological and spiritual development of the members. A home built on love, mutual understanding and good planning is able to met its goals and a home where love and understanding are lacking is bound to crack and in all direction, this, broken homes are homes or families where either the farther or the mother has ceased to be member of such home or family through divorce, desertion to mention but a few.
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CAUSES AND EFFECT OF DIVORCE AND FAMILY ORGANIZATION (EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
