It seems like a fine initiative. Will it work or not - that we won't know until it is tried.
My only question is why do the parents get paid the $10,000 reward? It seems to me that the young couple is really the one deserving of the prize/reward money and most in need of it... they should be the ones getting it...
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leading to even more divorced early 20 year olds....
ReplyDeleteI'd be interested in seeing the study which found the 90% rate
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I think it's a tautology- probably well over 90% of "boys" get married after 20.
DeleteThey're not getting the money because they're still "boys." Which of course means they shouldn't be marrying.
ReplyDeleteBingo!
DeleteThis is a joke; right? A parody; right? (The last place on the list is even misspelled.)
ReplyDeleteAs for your comment about keeping boys on the derech, Rafi.... it was a joke; right???
no joke. it says it right there in the document.
DeleteIt isn't a joke. I know a bochur who signed up, including a binding contract. It seems that chassidim have a lower divorce rate, so I'm not sure why we should presume that age is a factor. Do people magically become better husbands with the passage of time? If we let them drive, spend years overseas alone, vote, and serve in the military, why do we take it as a given that they shouldn't get married (with their parents' guidance)?
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