re: Friend thinking about divorce

Tell your friend to read The Five Love Languages. His efforts may be well meant but misdirected.

Also, tell him to be very, very patient. Divorce with young kids is excruciatingly painful, even if the divorce is not bitter. He won't be coming home to his kids, sharing their day, hearing their stories. The everyday with the kids is something people discount when considering divorce.

If it is bitter it will be beyond awful. Patience, persistence and time are what the situation calls for. Divorce is not the answer.