Regardless of personal values, community standards, or religious teachings, divorce is
a fact •
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of life, as shown by these facts:
2 of 5 children will experience the di vorce of their parents before they reach age 18.
About 25 percent of all children will spend some time in a step-family.
A couple’s marriage lasts about 7.2 years prior to divorcing.
Divorce rate leveled in the 1980’s and