"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." My parents told me they were getting divorced when my two siblings and I were in our late teen years. I ...

We've come to accept the statistic that 50% of marriages end in divorce, but the data is a bit more complex. As a baseline, research suggests that 41% of first marriages end in divorce. Numbers can ...

My parents divorced after 19 years of marriage. I had a hard time accepting that people I loved so dearly could grow to hate each other so much. Several years after the divorce, my parents moved in ...

Every year, nearly 1 million children in the U.S. experience a parental divorce, leading to a host of long-term implications that are sure to affect not only their personality and identity, but their ...

This article highlights how divorce, especially later in life, creates “family boundary ambiguity,” where roles, ...

When parents announce their decision to separate, the focus typically shifts to supporting younger children through the transition. However, divorce can profoundly affect adult children as well, ...

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 ...

If you've just gotten married, you might fear that your marriage will end badly like your parents'. You're afraid of mimicking their mistakes and breaking the pact of love you just made. This scenario ...

It's the time of year when high school graduates begin preparing for their new lives as college freshmen. The stakes are high for these young adults, but they are also high for parents who must foot ...

"Gray divorce" refers to couples aged 50 and older who are splitting. In the United States and many other countries, the default divorce process is litigation — an adversarial process. It is a ...