Harvard Professor Says
Children Can Harm Marriage
On Thursday of this week a so called Professor at Harvard, Daniel Gilbert, said that children are harmful to a marriage's satisfaction. According to Mr. Gilbert research has shown once children are born into a couple's life the joy and satisfaction goes down. "Figures show that married people are in almost every way happier than unmarried people — whether they are single, divorced, cohabiting," Gilbert said. "Married people live longer, married people earn more money per capita, married people have more sex and enjoy it more," AAP quoted Gilbert as saying. The report said that children can have a negative influence on marriages, and the more kids equals more sadness.
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Well Mr. Harvard Professor, Solomon who was created by an all knowing God, said that Solomon was wiser than anyone ever born. That knocks you out of the running, Mr. Gilbert. Solomon said in Proverbs 17:6, "Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers." Also in Proverbs 23:24, "The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him." Again in Proverbs 31:28, "Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her." Solomon's dad David said in Psalms 127:3-5, "Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate." I don't reckon the professor has read the Bible that often at Harvard. It would do him well to throw his studies, and manuals in the trash, and pick up a good old King James 1611 Bible and become a student at the feet of the Master Teacher, Jesus Christ.
God in the Book of Genesis said to Adam & Eve (not Steve) "multiply and replenish the earth." That's a command to have children. God would not tell us to have children if it was wrong. God is holy, he cannot sin, neither will he tempt us to sin. That's what the Devil does. Beth and I have had four kids and we would not change a thing, except to have more. They are not perfect, and neither are we as parents. But we are the happier for having kids than not having them. There is no doubt that yes we might would have more stuff, a nicer car, more money, etc., but inside we would be missing out on one of the greatest blessings that God gives a husband and wife, Children. Children come from God, therefore, they are good. All good things come from God.
Now I know what your saying, "You haven't seen my brother's kids, or even your own." The fact is, parents have kids and throw them to the world, and expect them to turn out like angels. Then when they turn out like monsters, they say, "I just don't know what happened with these kids. I've given them everything they wanted. I don't think we should've had kids." The Bible says that kids left to themselves will cause you misery, and pain your entire life and even generations after.
Proverbs 22:6 "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
Proverbs 29:15 "The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame."
How is a parent to train a child? According to God's Word, not some professor, who is not a Pro, but a amature on the subject of any matter compared with the Word of God. The Bible has to be the FINAL AUTHORITY in the home concerning ANY ISSUE. Children are a blessing if you raise them according to the rule book that God has given us to raise children. If you do it any other way, your going to have a lot bigger problems.
Here's a family in Arkansas that has 17 children and their 18th on the way. Listen to what this father has to say about his harmed life and marriage.
"The success in a family is first off, a love for God, and secondly, treating each other like you want to be treated," Jim Bob Duggar said. "Our goal is for each one of our children to be best friends, and everybody working together to serve each other makes that happen."
