Marriage is a basic ritual in all societies and it evolves as society evolves. This paper is a collection of lessons for a Canadian sociology course. The first part of the paper addresses a variety of issues relating to marriage contracts, family law, spousal abuse, and racism in Canadian contexts. The next part of this paper contains the results of a brief summary that describes how three married couples have responded to having a baby, and how a baby has changed their domestic life. In the third section of this paper, the "Sear's attachment parenting" is described with relation to parenting and children's behaviors. 11 pgs. 7 sources. Pages: 11 Bibliography: 7 source(s) listed Filename: 12690 Marriage is basic.doc Price: 98.45