Many young people today have given up on marriage and are even questioning if they want to have children.

To many, marriage and family life seems to be broken.

Is there a way to restore hope and viability to the concept of marriage?

Will it help marriages last longer and provide more happiness if we approach marriage with more clarity and with new ideas?

8 recommendations for a new “Courtship 2.0”

1. Find the Right Person for You

2. Maintain Sexual Abstinence before Marriage

3. Cultivate Friends Instead of a Boyfriend or Girlfriend and Make a New Tradition of No-Sex Dating

4. Marry a Person Who Will Be Your Dearest Friend

5. Make Sure That Your Future Spouse Shares Your Views and Expectations about Marriage

6. You Can Marry a Flawed Person, But Don’t Marry a Person Whose Lifestyle Violates Your Conscience

7. Make Sure That Both of You Commit to Each Other 100 Percent

8. Enter Marriage with a Maintenance Plan: Communicate, Communicate, Communicate