U.S. children whose parents divorce when they are age 5 or younger have reduced earnings as adults and increased chances by young adulthood of teen pregnancy, incarceration and death, according to a study conducted in part by economists at the University ...

My ex makes significantly more money than I do, but we split the kid expenses equally. Before I was handed divorce papers, I never thought about child support. I had been a stay-at-home mom of two kids in New York City before moving to my ex-husband's ...

When marriages end, it can create a lot of stress for everyone involved. There are often disagreements, resentments, and plenty of hurt feelings to go around. This can be especially difficult for children. When parents get divorced, children have their ...

"I'm okay with it because we were divorced. He owed me nothing a that moment and that time," TikTok user Georgia Lawrence says in a video Virginia Chamlee is a Politics Writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE for three years. Her work has ...

Warning: This article mentions abuse. I asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to reflect on how their parents' divorce affected them in the long term. Everyone who shared their stories experienced this when they were really young, allowing for much time ...