Written by Dr. Janice Shaw Crouse In her book, The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: a 25-year Landmark Study, Judith Wallerstein documents the long-term effects of divorce. Beginning in 1971, she periodically conducted in-depth interviews with 131 children and their parents from the time of divorce. “We’ve seriously underestimated the long-term impact of divorce on children, […]

Written by Lori Lowe Parental divorce was the strongest social predictor of early death in an 80-year study, say the authors of a fascinating new book called The Longevity Project. Being a child of divorce myself, I was not happy to learn that children in the study whose parents divorced during their childhood died an […]

Written by Seth Eisenberg “In the next five years, five million American children will experience the break-up of their parents. As a nation, we could lose the promise and potential of 25 million years of life. Not because of war or famine, disease or natural disasters, but because of our own decisions. It doesn’t have […]

Written by Cathy Meyer My youngest son was accident-prone. When he was a youngster I extended a lot of energy just trying to keep the child alive. That is what we do as parents though, protect them from danger and do whatever is needed to promote long and healthy lives for our children. Who would […]

Written by Kevin Senich   The times in America that gave birth to no-fault divorce were characterized by a certain hubris that could not contemplate a failed social experiment on a massive scale. At the same time America was sending manned space flights to the moon, it would collectively decide to fix the problems of […]

Written by Mike McManus America’s divorce rate is the highest in the civilized world. By one measure our divorce rate is triple that of Great Britain or France. After five years of marriage, 23% of Americans have divorced, but only 8% of British or French.Divorce imposes a huge human cost, especially on children.   Every divorce […]