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Podcast: The Unspeakeasy With Meghan Daum
Episode: The Inconvenient Truth About Divorce: Bridget Phetasy on staying together for the kids.
Description: We hear all the time that children are resilient — and should be even more so! But do divorcing parents overestimate their kids' resilience to justify their actions? Should "staying together for the children" come back into style? Returning guest Bridget Phetasy talks about her recent article for The Spectator about an aspect of divorce that rarely gets discussed: the ripple effects over decades as adult children and grandchildren are spread thin among multiple families and step-families. Bridget's parents, who had five children under 12 when they divorced, followed the logic that parental happiness is better for children than "staying together fo...