They are concerned that the current economic hardship may increase divorce and separation in the country.Dr Jumoke Aina, a mother and an educator, told NAN that broken homes often result from divorce, separation and abandonment.
Aina added that people from broken homes had increased rates of juvenile delinquency, crime and substance abuse.Aina said that broken homes could be avoided or minimised through the provision of access to professional counselling, which could assist couples in resolving conflicts and improving communication.
“As a lecturer, I easily recognise anyone from broken homes in the school because they are aggressive, not always happy, and they are bullies. “As humans, couples would hurt themselves in different ways, intensities and frequencies, but if couples would practise ‘advance forgiveness’, that way, each partner can decide to forgive the wrong his/her spouse is yet to commit, ” she said.Effective communication strategies across generations in a family“Most couples go into marriage not leaving their past, mistakes, fears, and wrong assumptions of the other gender, and they begin to play out in little things,” she said.