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"I was reading an article today by Matthew Brown titled &amp;quot;Families Shape Faith: How Divorce Affects Young Adults&amp;#039; Religiosity&amp;quot;. This is interesting stuff, as I never really gave this aspect too much thought before. In the article, Mr. Brown discusses the fallout of divorce on the religious views of the children. It turns out that divorce can cause those views to shift. Elizabeth Marquardt is the author of &amp;quot;Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce&amp;quot;, and in a national survey of 1,500 young adults that conducted for Marquardt&amp;#039;s book, she found that two-thirds of people from married-parent families said they were very or fairly religious, compared to just over half of the children of divorce. More than a third of those from married-parent families attended religious services almost every week compared with just a quarter of people from divorced families. Some of this is due to the logistics of parental custodial weekends, and possible differing religious views of the parents. Some of the change is also due, she found, to a feeling of isolation, at a time when children most need support.    &amp;quot;When death happens, people gather in support. When divorce happens, people flee,&amp;quot; Marquardt says. &amp;quot;These aren&amp;#039;t bad people, but people who don&amp;#039;t know what to say or what to do, and so they don&amp;#039;t say or do anything.&amp;quot; The article gets a lot deeper into all of this, with some really enlightening charts and graphs that are worth taking a look at. The bottom line is, there is no such thing as a &amp;quot;good divorce&amp;quot;, at least not for your kids (even if it&amp;#039;s relatively peaceful). Divorce leaves children feeling isolated and shatters the safety of the family unit they depend on. Having your entire life derailed can lead you to question everything you thought was true about your life, your family, and yes, even your religious affiliations. What children need most, at home and at church (if your family attends church) is to feel like they&amp;#039;re being supported, cared about and embraced in spite of the drama being played out in their lives. Did your divorce have an impact on your children, in a religious sense? How are you coping with that? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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