The Effects of Divorce on Children According to Levine, author of Divorce: Young People Caught in the Middle, "today, one out of two marriages is expected to end in divorce," (Levine 10) and "every year, a million new children will see their parents split up" (10) It is estimated that 60 percent of children born in the 1990’s will live in a single-parent home before the age of sixteen. The U. S. Bureau of the Census projected that …showed first 75 words of 1586 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1586 total…financially, socially, educationally and emotionally. While divorce allows parents to escape from their marital problems rather than trying to face them, a better solution might be to work it out. To solve a problem, parents need to work together. Working together as a team is the key to maintaining a good relationship. Learning to deal with problems in the home instead of escaping them may save a marriage and consequently spare a child much stress.