离婚正在改变美国儿童的生活。二次世界大战后的一代人中,百分之八十以上的儿童都在生身父母身边长大。今天只有半数是如此。每年都有一百多万儿童的家庭破裂;非婚生儿的数量大体相同。 与此同时,家庭破裂带来的问题层出不穷。尽管政府的开支历来很大,儿童总的生活水平却有所下降。青少年的自杀率几乎加了两倍,犯罪率也上升了,而且暴行更多。学校成 Divorce is changing the lives of American children. Of the generation after the Second World War, more than 80% of the children were grown up by biological parents. Only half of today is the case. Broken families of more than 1 million children every year; the number of children born out of wedlock is roughly the same. In the meantime, the problems caused by family rupture are endless. Although government spending has always been high, the overall standard of living of children has declined. Adolescent suicide rates almost tripled, crime rates also increased, and atrocities more. The school into