Some 100 years ago in the US, it took a great resolve on part of one of the married couple, to change his/her status from "married" to "divorced".
Not surprisingly, with everything happening much faster now than then, in 2007 America, couples split at the earlies opportunity. Unable and unwilling to cope even with the smallest challenges that a union of two different people can create.
Where used to be a family pressure and society disapproval, now you've a "great understanding" and misplaced "compassion".
Shouldn't both parties try harder, before they overspend on divorce lawyers, that won't settle most of the couple's differences? And how can children be "compensated" for suddenly coming from a "broken home"?