First, there is the damage that is being inflicted on children. The comforting reassurance that it is better for them to adapt to parental separation than live in unhappy marriages has come to seem more like a rationalization for adults in pursuit of their own happiness. There is ample evidence that the dissolution of marriages results in tremendous insecurity and unhappiness for children, particularly since most of the time there is some level of bitterness and recrimination between their parents.
