Matthew Breddan voted up an answer.Kris Nordgren, Social Media Analyst, MumI was asked to answer this question, but to be honest I don't have any statistics or research to hand to back up anything I write here at the moment. My children went through a divorce when very young (1.5 y/o and newborn). I think that helped because they have 'always' been this way. They have no memory of mummy and daddy together and so no nostalgic misconceptions.The problem, I think, lies with what happens after the divorce, until the children are grown up. Any divorce means children will have to live with each of their two parents according to a contact arrangement, and I have in my own experience seen all sorts of arrangements with varying success. I find that as long as parents are honest, involved, and put their children first as any and all literature on the subject will tell you to do, things go well. However, in many cases divorces and separation happened for good reason, with the relationship between the parents being strained, dysfunctional, or even abusive. In that case, contact with the children is often simply utilized as an opportunity to exert financial or psychological control over the other partner, continuing abuse. Being the subject or the tool in such a power game is known to be very bad for children. The undermining effect of an abusive ex-partner is also no help to the confidence and ability of the care-giving parent in making choices in the interest of the children. On the other hand, a friend of mine recently told me of a divorced couple she knows with one child (about 8 yrs old). They grew apart some years ago and went their separate ways. The child lives with one parent one week and with the other parent the other week. Even during each other's week, they still meet and for example share school runs as work commitments require. They make decisions jointly and involve the child. All three are happy with this arrangement and treat each other with respect. Even new partners are not a problem. This is an ideal situation in which I expect the child is not affected adversely.There simply is not one answer to how 'divorce affects children'. It depends on the relationship the parents have with each other and the child, both before and after the divorce; so each one will be different. Without any real statistics to back me up, I do fear that there are much more examples of the situation I described first than of the situation I described second. I expect couples that communicate well and respect one another are likely to stay together, while couples that are dysfunctional will split up - and then there is the risk that the children involved will suffer, not so much because the relationship between their parents has ended, but because it is forced to continue.See question on Quora

In Step-Parenting: Matthew Breddan voted up an answer.Chris Loughnane, i convinced a beautiful woman to marry meMake the father seem like a better person.This could be done in two ways:Make him seem awesomeMake yourself look like a douchebagOf course you could always do a combination of the two. You had better hope the child is more perceptive than his mother, otherwise I suspect who lives where will be decided for you.See question on Quora