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"There are a lot of things you regret when you make the decision to divorce. You might regret the way it all came down, or the way the marriage deteriorated, or even having ever married this person in the first place. You might regret that you didn&amp;#039;t file for divorce sooner than you did.  But it turns out that the main regret that most couples have is the effect the divorce is having on their children. This comes from a study released last week by the U.K. Law firm Seddons, in conjunction with The Marriage Institute. While most of their respondents didn&amp;#039;t regret marrying or cohabiting, a third of them regretted the impact of their divorce on their children, citing changes to their children&amp;#039;s behavior, emotional state, and scholastic achievement. The study also asked couples what they would go back and change, if they could. Some would communicate more, get outside help, or change things about their careers. I found it really telling that almost the same percentage wouldn&amp;#039;t bother to change a thing.  Like those people, I look back now and realize that half the problems I had with his behaviors were because I enabled them, and I know also that it takes two to make the changes we needed to make in order to have made it work. I&amp;#039;m not sure he would have tried, when he never really tried before, and I was too busy trying for the both of us in all the wrong ways. In short, I wouldn&amp;#039;t bother to change anything because it most likely would have been an exercise in futility. But I do wish we&amp;#039;d tried, anyway. My kids deserved to have an intact, healthy family. All kids deserve that, if they can get it. What about you? What was your biggest regret in your divorce? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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