reasoning is not developed enough to make a decision about marriage. They also have not received the education that will be vital to future earnings. In most cases, they will live in poverty, thus increasing the likelihood that their children will do the same. These things will play an important role in the success of the marriage. The law makes parents responsible for their children; they should not abdicate that responsibility to allow these children to marry. Studies have shown some of the reasons why marrying young increases the chance of divorce. Women who are 18 years old are twice as likely to divorce as women who are 25 years old or older (Norton 6). One reason, according to studies by the NIH's Institute of Mental Health and the UCLA NeuroImaging Laboratory, is that children... at the center of the paper... get older." United States: Los Angeles Times January 24, 1997. Print.Manchester, NH. "Civil status documents and genealogy/marriage license". Manchesternh.gov. July 2011. Web. July 2011.MO.gov. “Living in Missouri>Marriage/Divorce.” MO.gov. July 2011. Web. July 2011Norton, Arthur and Louisa Miller. Marriage, divorce and remarriage in the 1990s. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992. PrintPerper, K., Peterson, K., & Manlove, J. “Diploma Annex Among Teen Mothers,” January 2010. Child Trends, fact sheet: Washington, DC. Print.Stritof, Sheri & Bob.“Another reason teens shouldn't get married.”About.com. July 2011. Web. Jul, 2011.

Topic > reasoning is not developed enough to make a decision about marriage. They also have not received the education that will be vital to future earnings. In most cases, they will live in poverty, thus increasing the likelihood that their children will do the same. These things will play an important role in the success of the marriage. The law makes parents responsible for their children; they should not abdicate that responsibility to allow these children to marry. Studies have shown some of the reasons why marrying young increases the chance of divorce. Women who are 18 years old are twice as likely to divorce as women who are 25 years old or older (Norton 6). One reason, according to studies by the NIH's Institute of Mental Health and the UCLA NeuroImaging Laboratory, is that children... at the center of the paper... get older." United States: Los Angeles Times January 24, 1997. Print.Manchester, NH. "Civil status documents and genealogy/marriage license". Manchesternh.gov. July 2011. Web. July 2011.MO.gov. “Living in Missouri>Marriage/Divorce.” MO.gov. July 2011. Web. July 2011Norton, Arthur and Louisa Miller. Marriage, divorce and remarriage in the 1990s. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992. PrintPerper, K., Peterson, K., & Manlove, J. “Diploma Annex Among Teen Mothers,” January 2010. Child Trends, fact sheet: Washington, DC. Print.Stritof, Sheri & Bob.“Another reason teens shouldn't get married.”About.com. July 2011. Web. Jul, 2011.