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A lot of people think that kids "get over" their parents' divorce after a while, but in reality you live with it your whole life. My parents have been divorced since I was 4, and I'm still trying to juggle things so that I make enough time for everyone. Having two Thanksgivings, two birthdays, two Christmases when I was little was fun sometimes, but as I get older it gets harder and harder to fit everything in and I find myself wishing I could be like "normal" people and just have one of everything. I mean, OK, being a divorced kid is getting to be the norm, but still. I always wondered what it was like to have only two parents, four grandparents, etc. My parents didn't exactly part on the most amicable of terms, either, so that adds another complication...I don't think kids should be told negative things by one parent about the other parent...but that's a whole other discussion. So yes, having divorced parents can suck sometimes, even though I know everyone is much better off.
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