If you've just gotten married, you might fear that your marriage will end badly like your parents'. You're afraid of mimicking their mistakes and breaking the pact of love you just made. This scenario ...

My parents told me they were getting divorced when my two siblings and I wer in our late teen years. I was upset, but I can’t really say I was too surprised—they never seemed that in love or ...

U.S. children whose parents divorce when they are age 5 or younger have reduced earnings as adults and increased chances by young adulthood of teen pregnancy, incarceration and death, according to a ...

My parents divorced after 19 years of marriage. I had a hard time accepting that people I loved so dearly could grow to hate each other so much. Several years after the divorce, my parents moved in ...

We've come to accept the statistic that 50% of marriages end in divorce, but the data is a bit more complex. As a baseline, research suggests that 41% of first marriages end in divorce. Numbers can ...

Imagine two adults fall in love, get married, and have children; now imagine that same couple spirals into a bitter divorce. This distressing shift from married romantic partner to ex-lover (but still ...

In Massachusetts, shared legal custody is defined as “continued mutual responsibility and involvement by both parents in major decisions regarding the child’s welfare including matters of education, ...

My mom told me my dad wanted a divorce six days after Christmas. I was 34 and the news crushed me. They are happier now that they're not together, and their divorce strengthened my marriage. Six days ...

Parents going through divorce often believe they’re protecting their children by staying together “for the kids” or, conversely, that children are “resilient” and will quickly adjust to divorce. Both ...

No doubt about it—divorce can be devastating for kids, setting a distorted example of a healthy partnership. But many children of divorce not only adjust well to family breakups, they develop thriving ...