Adult children of divorce have no guide for a healthy marital partnership. A longer adolescence. Children of divorce often provide emotional support to wounded parents, making bonds harder to break. Less chance at college. Difficult stepfamily situations.
Remarriage changes a father's focus, at least initially, to pleasing a new wife.
Two-thirds of children grew up with multiple divorces and remarriages of one or both parents. Only a fraction bonded with all members of the blended families. Greater substance abuse. The children of divorce used drugs and alcohol before age 14 more often than did the children of intact families. Girls had earlier sexual experiences.