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Instead, I think over the years we have cut the strength of marriage and relationships by the law and weakened the institution. We have tried to deal with relationships with no-fault divorce, with child custody, with so many other avenues; and it has not helped.

Divorce is one of the most financially traumatic things you can go through. Money spent on getting mad or getting even is money wasted.

I don't have children that I've lost in a bitter custody dispute. But I see an enormous wound in kids due to a lack of their dads.

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

Divorce is expensive. I used to joke they were going to call it 'all the money,' but they changed it to 'alimony.' It's ripping your heart out through your wallet.

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

Divorce isn't just the person, it's everything that goes with it - your kids, the adjustment, everything.

I know it's a lot harder for women who don't have enough help, but the truth is, no matter how much money you have, if you want to stay involved with your children and don't want to lose being a primary parent to them, you're still in the game.

I didn't want to get divorced, but at the point where your children are part of it, you have to do something. I would really love it not to have happened because it haunts you, it will never go away, and it is probably the biggest failure, and I have to live with that.

Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.