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Today, first time marriages have a 45 percent chance of breaking up and ending in divorce (Wallerstein 67). Twenty five percent of people today between the ages of 18 and 44 have parents who are divorced (68). What many people don’t think of when they think of divorce is the many negative effects it has on children. If 15 percent of people have parents who are divorced, what impact has that had on their relationships today? The effects on children in a divorce come in many different stages. It starts at the breakup, and then it affects them through their childhood and eventually during adulthood. It a