Divorce is not benign

In today's NY Times :

"Even in a 'good divorce,' in which parents amicably minimize their conflicts, children of divorce inhabit a more difficult emotional landscape than those in intact families, according to a new survey of 1,500 people ages 18 to 35."

The article went on to say,

"'All the happy talk about divorce is designed to reassure parents,' Elizabeth Marquardt, author of the study, described in her new book, Between Two Worlds. 'But it's not the truth for children. Even a good divorce restructures children's childhoods and leaves them traveling between two distinct worlds. It becomes their job, not their parents', to make sense of those two worlds.'"

Two messages for churches and believers in this:

1. Strengthen marriages! It matters. (FamilyLife is a great marriage resource.) When Jesus spoke out against divorce, it was for good reason.

2. Realistically, some marriages still won't make it. Let's support the children through their struggles.

P.S. My wife's birthday was yesterday. What a great wife and friend she is! I've told her often, I must be the luckiest husband in the world.

Posted: Sat - November 5, 2005 at 07:53 PM |

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Divorce is not benign

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