The dependency children have can pull at you to make it the priority, the most important thing, but in reality, it needs to be less important. Not at the bottom of the priority pile (those kids gotta eat), but just slightly less important than another relationship: the relationship with your spouse.

People often talk about needing to make marriage important now because someday it will be just you and your spouse and you’ll be strangers to each other. While this may be true, marriage needs to be important now because it can impact your family now.