With America's divorce rate being over fifty percent, one must wonder whether it is a serious problem. Readers will evaluate that very question in chapter one of this collection of essays. Across three more chapters, your readers will evaluate whether it can be prevented, whether divorce laws work, and whether the negative effects of divorce be minimized. This book is also a great resource for report-writing and research. Essay sources include the Administration for Families and Children, Gail Rosenblum, Donna Olmstead, and Katherine Shaw Spaht.