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When looking at the high divorce rates in America, it is clear that various structural factors are affecting the relationships of many American families. In most family situations there is not one clear-cut reason that leads to divorce. Rather, divorce is a gradual process that ultimately results in families breaking apart. After looking further into divorce, I thought about what effect divorce might have on the children in these families searched for two articles on the subject of children and divorce and was hoping to find conflicting ideas to make it a bit more interesting. I located two articles with authors’ who had both contrasting and similar views on the subject. The first article is titled; “Happy Marriage Makes For Happy Kids”. (author not listed) The author of this piece believes that two married biological parents are best for kids (“Happy Marriage”). The author stresses the importance of both biological parents rearing children in a low conflict marriage for future health and happiness (“Happy Marriage”). The second article is titled, “Moving on: Parental Breakups May Not Always Be Bad for Kids”, by Susan Campbell. The author talks about how recent studies show that it is not the parent’s