When feelings of infatuation or love wane, then divorce has become the socially approved solution. Marriage is society's way of signaling to would-be parents of children that their long-term relationship together is socially important. While marriage benefits children, committed fatherhood promotes the well-being and fulfillment of men. Family life motivates men to positively channel their aggressive energy,. becomes socially productive, and cultivate the virtues of honesty, trust, self-sacrifice, and discipline.