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Divorce in and of itself, and with children, is devastating.

When your parents divorce, it makes you grow up fast. I'd urge parents to strongly consider working things out. I'd work things out and I'd definitely stay put.

I am a step mother, so how children deal with divorce is something I've witnessed first hand and thought about a lot.

My parents had a difficult divorce.

Divorce is fairly common these days, and I think many times people disregard the emotional impact that divorce has on a couple and a family, because it happens so frequently.

The seeds of divorce are often sown and the problems of children begin when Mother works outside the home.

Those who have gone through a divorce know the pain and special challenges of raising a child under such circumstances.

My parents were divorced when I was a young teenager, and I was raised by a single mother after that. So, I understand the difficulties that families have. I understand single parenting.

Obviously, you go through a lot of emotional turmoil in a divorce.

I thought at the time of my parents' divorce that I was upset by deeper, more profound things and I was just taking it out on the joint custody agreement. But that disruption was bad enough. That was a huge deal for a teenager.