Parental Divorce—Worse than Parental Death

by | Sep 11, 2017 | Divorce

Everyone recognizes that children suffer when they lose a parent through death. But in recent decades, some progressives have asserted that children suffer relatively little when they lose a parent (usually their father) through divorce. Since they were the ones who...

Divorce is Bad for Your Kid’s Health

by | Sep 8, 2017 | Divorce

Mountains of evidence confirm that children do best when they live with their married biological parents; no alternative family structure affords children the level of protection and stability as their natural family. Children under the pressure of a broken family...

Unhappy marriages need help, not dissolution

by | Sep 6, 2017 | Divorce

MANILA— Couples who find themselves in an unhappy marriage should be given support by the community and be forewarned of the dangers of “quick-fix solutions” that a proposed bill on the dissolution of marriage pretends to offer. This is the response of a human...

The Adult Children of Divorce Find Their Voice

by | Sep 5, 2017 | Divorce

Almost on a whim, but primarily because a close friend of mine had revealed her still-unfolding struggles with the long-ago divorce of her parents, I started asking adult children of divorce about their experiences. I eventually wrote up a brief questionnaire,...