A 2019 paper in World Psychiatry summarized that divorce and separation are associated with higher risk of academic difficulties, lower grades, higher school dropout rate, conduct and substance use problems, and depression. Children of divorced parents are also “more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior, live in poverty, and experience their own family instability.” They are also more likely to have mental health struggles and to be institutionalized for mental health struggles.
Best-selling Christian author and Proverbs 31 Ministries founder Lysa TerKeurst recently reflected on her life nearly a year after her marriage of 29 years ended due to her husband's infidelity.
A recent study found that couples who marry due to family or social pressures are 50 percent more likely to divorce.
According to a recent court filing, the husband of Proverbs 31 Ministries founder Lysa TerKeurst spent more than $100,000 on an "illicit sexual" extramarital affair with a woman he met online.
There are times when divorce is necessary, but it is always tragic in the same sense as when catastrophic cures like amputation or chemotherapy are necessary. To pretend otherwise is a dangerous fantasy. The Bible sees marriage as a lifelong bond between a man and a woman, but, recognizing the frailty of human nature after the Fall, it allows for divorce in extreme cases, such as abandonment, adultery, or abuse.
New data is poking holes in what’s become a prominent cultural myth. “When it comes to divorce,” write Brad Wilcox and Lyman Stone in The Wall Street Journal, “the research has generally backed up the belief that it’s best to wait until around 30 to tie the knot.” This is because the divorce rate is generally lower for those who wait to wed. However, according to the National Survey of Family Growth, there’s an interesting exception to this modern-day rule of thumb. Couples in their 20s who don’t cohabitate first have some of the lowest divorce rates of any group.
On Saturday, best-selling Christian author Lysa TerKeurst announced that she and her husband, Art, will be divorcing after nearly three decades of marriage.
A new study found that religious marriages are less likely to end in divorce because religion tends to discourage cohabitation, a known risk factor for divorce.
According to a source close to the Duggar family, divorce is a "last resort" for Anna Duggar, whose husband, Josh Duggar, is currently facing federal charges for child pornography.
In a recent interview, Chip Gaines shared that despite facing "trials and errors" in their relationship, he and his wife, Joanna, never considered divorce as an option.
