re: How many of us are products of a divorced family?

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Is there any correlation that those who were raised in a broken home end potentially end up with a broken home themselves?

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I think baby boomers were ready to get out of the house as soon as possible. They saw marriage as that way out. As a result, many got married to young and ended up divorced (marrying before they had spent time to find someone compatible, married when financial constraints were too much for a your married couple, marrying people without common long term goals, marrying people that do not place the same amount of emphasis on things like education and religion). The next generation did not rush to get out of the home and got married later in life. In turn, many are staying married. The current generation are waiting much later to get married, even moving back into their parents’ home after college. We will see the trend of declining divorces continue with them.

The divorce rates continue to decrease. There may be a correlation to having divorced parents, but anecdotally. I have never seen this to be the case. Many that grew up in a divorced household do not want the same for their children. It doesn’t mean people that get divorced are doing anything wrong to their children, necessarily as parents staying in a miserable marriage is no picnic for the children either and doesn’t set the best example of how positive marriage can be.

ETA: To answer the original question, I come from a home with a combined five divorces between the parents.