marriage One mark of Christian parents’ teaching about marriage will be realism. Children are so constantly fed on unreality when marriage is discussed. So many of their stories end: ‘They got married and lived happily ever after’, as if marriage were the ultimate happiness and no problems need be expected once we are married. Hollywood has traditionally reinforced this: the last reel ends with the couple marrying and driving off into the sunset. Even a modern film like The War of the Roses, which