Splitsville News

“Americans Marry Too Much” is the title of this story on Newsweek.com.  Andrew Cherlin, a sociologist at Johns Hopkins University, has written a book entitled “The Marriage-Go-Round” that cites Americans’ divorce and remarriage as the cause for disruption in their children’s lives because of a “revolving cast” of parents, step-parents and live-in significant others.

An interesting contrast to Americans’ marriage/divorce/remarriage pattern is the approach that some Swedish couples have embraced:  Opting into a stable, long-term relationship with children but without marriage.

Curious to find out more about Dr. Cherlin’s perspective?  This page on the book publisher’s site has extensive “Q&A” information from the author.