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" Do you think couples should be forced into a &amp;quot;cooling off&amp;quot; period before divorcing? And how would you feel about getting an official letter from your spouse warning you that divorce is imminent? The &amp;quot;Second Chances&amp;quot; Act has been co-authored by William J. Doherty, a family social science professor at the University of Minnesota, and retired Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears, in an effort to eliminate &amp;quot;unecessary&amp;quot; divorces. &amp;quot;Most of today&amp;#039;s divorces are over &amp;quot;what we call &amp;#039;soft&amp;#039; reasons&amp;quot; \u2013 the average divorce occurs in a marriage that was relatively happy, with low levels of conflict, just two years earlier,&amp;quot; said Mr. Doherty. &amp;#039;Children fare worse in these kinds of divorces, he said, because their families seem stable and content, and then &amp;#039;the bottom falls out&amp;#039; of their world.&amp;quot; The Second Chances Act could be waived in special circumstances like adultery, abuse and addiction, but the purpose is to make divorce less of a knee-jerk reaction and more of a last resort. The act would also require parents of young children to attend &amp;quot;divorce education&amp;quot; classes. It hasn&amp;#039;t fully been introduced in any state, but its cause is gaining momentum. I honestly don&amp;#039;t think this is such a bad idea, as long as they do provide the exceptions above for people in abusive situations. Divorce shouldn&amp;#039;t be undertaken just because you&amp;#039;ve grown apart or grown bored with each other \u2013 especially if you have children together. They deserve every chance they can get at an intact family. Waiting a bit and getting counseling could be good for everyone involved. At least you can say you really tried, even if it doesn&amp;#039;t end up working out. What do you think? Is this a good idea, or is it too intrusive? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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