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Session 6: Cohabiting
Cohabiting—living together before or instead of marriage—is on the rise, and your students will likely face the temptation to live outside God’s plan for marriage as they reach young adulthood.
This article from The New York Times highlights the sad statistics of cohabitation, as seen in the following selections:
“Cohabitation in the United States has increased by more than 1,500 percent in the past half century. In 1960, about 450,000 unmarried couples lived together. Now the number is more than 7.5 million. The majority of young adults in their 20s will live with a romantic partner at least once, and more than half of all marriages will be preceded by cohabitation.”
“Couples who cohabit before marriage (and especially before an engagement or an otherwise clear commitment) tend to be less satisfied with their marriages — and more likely to divorce — than couples who do not. These negative outcomes are called the cohabitation effect.”
Note: These quotes are from an opinion piece not written from a Christian perspective. Click to read more.
What challenges do you have teaching your students about the biblical design of marriage?