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Also pictured are KWRB members Terry Duemberger, Jack Steed, Claire Taylor and Carolyn Watson. HICKS From pa ge 4 A happier on average than those who stayed married. “Staying married is not just for the children’s’ sake ... but results like these sug gest the benefits of divorce have been oversold,” said Waite. Why doesn’t divorce typi cally make adults happier? The authors of the study suggest that divorcing cou ples may simply trade one set of problems for another, over which they have little control These include the response of one’s spouse to divorce; the reactions of children; potential disappointments and aggravation in custody, child support, and visita tion orders; new financial or health stresses for one or both parents; and new rela tionships or marriages with problems of their own. Faulty presupposition: If I’m unhappy in my mar riage, my children may do LETTER From page 4A We may have to take a chance and let local parents, students, businesses, or Looking good better if I divorce, because they’ll do better in life if I am not so unhappy. The truth: Children actu ally benefit from, and are comforted by, the fact - not quality - of your marriage. The first thing to under stand is that less than one third of divorces occur in high-conflict marriages. And, most parents do not suddenly start getting along after divorce - in fact, most have more conflict following divorce than before. But for those marriages where there is a high level of marital discord, does divorce, especially a quick divorce, benefit children? Research shows: ■ Behavioral and psy chological problems do not improve for children whose parents divorced. In fact, the problems are no less than those children whose parents remained together. ■ Even in high conflict households, children show a notable increase in behav ioral and psychological prob lems following divorce. ■ Marital discord is not a teachers, who have a direct stake in the school system, serve on special committees instead of going outside the county. I can see how it may be easier to throw money into the system, or place blame BUSINESS/LOCAL Now open statistically significant fac tor in predicting the psycho logical well-being of children on into adulthood. Divorce, however, is. ■ Children benefit from divorce only when they are removed from violent or abusive homes. I don’t believe that most people proceed with divorce lightly. Sometime folks are in pain and other times they’ve just drifted apart. But I do believe that most of us are ill-informed when it comes to the issue of hope. Too often we fail to reach out and grab the hope that awaits us and our children - the hope of a rewarding marriage if we’ll stick with our spouse and weather the storms. Georgia Family Council is a non-profit organization that works to strengthen and defend the family in Georgia by impacting communities, shaping laws and influenc ing culture. For more information, go to www.georgiafam ily.org, (770) 242-0001 or gregg@gafam.org. on those we put into the sys tem, rather than looking at the internal process. However, we do not elect our board members because it is an easy job ... do we? 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