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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have read quite a bit about this and the research on divorce and kids is very mixed.  In general, yes, it's not good in terms of impacts on kids. But if the divorce is amicable and children are shielded from the impacts, kids can do very well and it can be better for them than being in a situation with fighting.

There are many many things kids can and do experience that are worse than divorce. For example having a severely depressed parent or abusive sibling or bullying at school - these can all have more negative impacts on kids.

I was not at all surprised to read that the author is married with three kids. She no doubt brings her own bias into this. There are many college educated professional people who are terrified to get a divorce because they are afraid of stereotypes.  So they stay in crap marriages and end up having unhappy kids, all to avoid the stigma of.divorce.

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Unfortunately divorce raises the risk of all those “worse” outcomes happening—having a depressed or alcoholic parent, being bullied, etc.[/quote]

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