There is good news and bad news in the world of marriage and divorce. The good news: the divorce rate in the U.S. has fallen to just above 40 percent after years of a 50 percent plateau. The bad: that overall decline has taken place in spite of a huge surge in divorces among baby boomers. Their divorce rate is 50 percent higher than it was 20 years ago.<\/p>\n
In a recent CNN.com op-ed, Pepper Schwartz attempts to answer the question, \u201cWhy are baby boomers so divorce-prone?\u201d Schwartz, a sociology professor at the University of Washington and a senior fellow at the Council on Contemporary Families, has some interesting ideas.<\/p>\n
Essentially, Schwartz’s argument is that baby boomers are creating new norms for middle and late-middle age simply because they have done so for every other stage of their lives; they have always approached the status quo critically. As young adults, many took part (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There is good news and bad news in the world of marriage and divorce. The good news: the divorce rate in the U.S. has fallen to just above 40 percent after years of a 50 percent plateau. The bad: that…<\/span><\/p>\n