Living Together vs. Staying Together

This article in the Daily Caller entitled “The Surprising Reason Religious Couples Are Less Likely To Get Divorced” calls attention to the pitfalls of living together before marriage. There has been some research done on the subject. A number of years ago, Yale, I think it was, did a study on it and found that couples who lived together before marriage were 50% more likely to split up after marriage.

https://dailycaller.com/2021/12/17/surprising-reason-religious-couples-less-likely-divorced/

The Ineffectiveness and Dangers of Compulsory Lockdowns

brownstone.org/articles/more-than-400-studies-on-the-failure-of-compulsory-covid-interventions/

A recent study (pre-print) captures the essence and catastrophe of a lockdown society and the hollowing out of our children by looking at how children learn (3 months to 3 years old) and finding across all measures that “children born during the pandemic have significantly reduced verbal, motor, and overall cognitive performance compared to children born pre-pandemic.” Researchers also reported that “males and children in lower socioeconomic families have been most affected. Results highlight that even in the absence of direct SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 illness, the environmental changes associated with the COVID-19 pandemic is significantly and negatively affecting infant and child development.”