Divorce should be harder to get because of the effect it has on children, the main effect it has on children is depression. “ In the short term, divorce is always problematic for children Mavis Hetherington has filmed and carefully examined the workings of 1,400 divorced families since the early 1970s. Hetherington identifies a crisis period of about two years in the period immediately following separation in which adults, worried about their own lives, typically turn their attention away from parenting just as their children are reeling from the loss and feeling disconcerted” ( Hethrington 2). This article states that the short term effect of divorce affects the child deeply because they feel they have lost one forever and in those 1400 many kids have felt the effect of divorce. “Wallerstein told us that divorce abruptly ends kids' childhoods, filling them with loneliness and worry for their parents, and prematurely and recklessly hurting them into adolescence. (Wallerstein 2).” This later affects the children's lives because they try to think about the happy memories they had, but in reality all they can think about is the parent they lost due to divorce. “Contrary to popular perception, the alternative to most divorces is not life in a war zone. While more than 50% of all marriages currently end in divorce, experts tell us that only about 15% of all unions involve high levels of conflict. In the large number of divorces, therefore, there is no serious conflict or violence that can ruin a young person's childhood. Most marital breakups are motivated by the search for greener grass, and in these cases the children will almost always find themselves worse off. (Zinsmeister 2)” this shows me that when people get divorced, most of the time they don't... middle of paper... bounce back and get through this difficult situation with few if any battle scars. (Lillienfield 1).” Even if these children recover, some children do not and those children lose their lives to their parents, because divorce is so easy to obtain, most of the truly affected children lose their childhood. Works Cited Cook, Joe. "What should we do about divorce law? No to covenant marriage." World & I. January 1998: 302-317. SIRS problem researcher. Network. 04 May. 2014. Marano, Hara Estroff. “Children of Divorce: 25 Years Later.” Weekend in the United States. 15-17 September 2000: 16-17. SIRS problem researcher. Network. 04 May. 2014.Waters, Rob. “The 30 Years War.” Psychotherapy networker. March/April 2001: 40-52. SIRS problem researcher. Network. 04 May. 2014.Zinsmeister, Karl. “The Cost of Divorce on Children.” American company. May/June 1996: 39-44. SIRS Problem Researcher. Network. 04 May. 2014.