The decision is adult-made: Explaining that both parents have jointly come to a decision. The child is not the cause: ...

Good ex-etiquette is not about forcing friendship. It is not about pretending the relationship didn’t end or rewriting the past. It is about something much simpler and much harder: refusing to make ...

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 ...

When parents divorce, kids don’t get a say in the decision — even though they definitely have something to say about it afterward. We asked teens whose parents split up to share the things that made ...

A recent post on NextDoor asked, “What is one thing you did for your children that you would wholeheartedly recommend to other parents?” My policy is to almost never post on social media, but I was ...

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 ...

The first, unbreakable rule my ex and I have for navigating our post-divorce lives? The kids’ emotions and feelings get ...

Casual acceptance of no-fault divorce many years ago not only altered the ecology of marriage but also of anthropology itself ...