Real Solutions Divorce is actually on the rise, and it’s the baby boomers’ fault
As an assessment of the health of American marriages, these findings cut two ways. On one hand, a divorce is a far more disruptive and messy life event than simply moving out of your partner’s apartment. In that sense you have to applaud the wisdom of today’s twenty- and thirty-somethings for taking their time before tying the knot. But as Reihan Salam notes at the National Review, cohabitating relationships sometimes produce children. And whether they happen via cohabitation or divorce, split-ups are bad for kids.
