A child of the 1950's, he married at 19 and became a father at 24.

The children had married and given birth to children of their own.

Having a child marry can be very threatening to parents, for it brings up issues of control and status.

It can be all the more difficult for parents when their children marry and move away.

For example, children might receive a $25,000 bonus when they graduate from college or marry.

If children had already married and had been provided for a will was not necessary.

They then vowed to each other that their children will marry in the appropriate time.

So ending the practice requires agreement among groups whose children marry one another.

Families were able to cement political and/or financial ties by having their children marry.

Too many parents are content just to have their children marry and settle down.