The rationale for these changes is most often that divorce harms children, so it must be avoided at all cost. A new and very pessimistic bestseller on divorce may encourage such policies. The fact is, you can't make a categorical statement about divorce either way. Its effects are neither always trivial nor always devastating. . . . Divorce is complicated.
Some divorces are terrible for everybody and others are liberating.
How they affect children depends on many issues. . . . It won't help to hit parents over the head with guilt, and it won't help to rush into making unwise laws that only make things worse. Whether it is sequencing the human genome or a smooth landing on the asteroid Eros, scientific breakthroughs are making life tough for science teachers across the country. The Washington Post carries a story on March 18 detailing how high school teachers are desperately trying to keep up with rapid scientific discovery while trying to maintain their students' attention. Many of the teachers turn to area universities for modern laboratories and equipment because science textbooks become outdated after only a couple of years.