Marriage means happiness and emotional security. The government strengthens the idea of a family-friendly country, a support system has been built that helps married couples and families in all life situations.
97 percent of Hungarians believe that it is necessary to do things every day to make marriage work well, said Zsófia Nagy-Vargha, Deputy Secretary of State responsible for youth at the Ministry of Culture and Innovation, at the Budapest event of the Mária Kopp Institute for Population and Families (KINCS) on Thursday. referring to the institute's recently published survey. Tünde Főrész, the president of KINCS, emphasized that Hungarians are pro-marriage and support the traditional family model.
Marriage means happiness and emotional security - said Zsófia Nagy-Vargha of KINCS Let's stay together! at the event held on the occasion of the week of marriage. He added: the government is strengthening the idea of a family-friendly country, a support system has been built that helps married couples and families in all life situations.
The government already supports Hungarian families with more than thirty measures, the deputy state secretary said. Referring to the recently published KINCS survey, he stated that "we Hungarians are pro-marriage".
He said that three-quarters of Hungarian children are now born in marriage, while this ratio used to be fifty percent.
"The government wants to remove the obstacles to having children with a predictable support system, and this does not change in the difficult economic situation," said Zsófia Nagy-Vargha. According to him "
the recipe for a good marriage is the four h's: faith, loyalty, humor and silence are the four ingredients".
Tünde Főrész talked about how a good marriage is a precious treasure, a life union that means a lifelong commitment. Continuous nurturing of the relationship is necessary. He quoted Mária Kopp, a doctor and psychologist, the founder of KINCS, who said that a relationship that does not develop will inevitably regress.
A recent survey by KINCS shows that Hungarians are in favor of marriage and stand up for the traditional family model - Tünde Fűrész continued. He said that marriage is becoming increasingly popular in Hungary, and while the number of marriages is increasing, the number of divorces is decreasing. The fact that the majority of children are born in marriage is a contrary process to what is experienced in Europe, he pointed out.
Marriage week is a good time to strengthen your commitment. "God bless the married couples, who are the paving stones of the road leading to the demographic turnaround," said Tünde Fűrész.
At the event, Irén Hröv, the institute's head of policy analysis, presented the results of their January research entitled What Hungarians think is a good marriage, and Judit Regős, president of the Parents' House Foundation, presented the Let's Stay Together! Divorce or change? his e-book.
MTI
MTI Photo: Attila Balázs
