Khan, Sultan.
Abstract:
The institutions of marriage and family have existed throughout human kind and
continue to do so as we enter the twenty first century. These are important institutions
that prepare individuals as social actors. The progress of society from its traditional
form to present levels of modernity, has come with many consequences for the
institutions of marriage and the family. This has been witnessed by high rates of
marital breakdown and single parenthood in almost all societies. The causes of
marriage and family breakdown are many, and complex. It is a multi-factored
problem which social scientists and policy makers are battling to come to grips with
since its escalation has enonnous social, economic and political consequences. The
biggest victims of marital breakdown are children. Unless society comes to grips with
this social problem, the institutions of marriage and the family are at risk of
collapsing. For society to continue to prepare future social actors, it is paramount that
these two institutions are preserved.
