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I think that divorce is a vital escape hatch for people stuck in marriage and it is not a sentence of doom either for adults or children. The community should develop better support systems for saving or restoring potentially healthy marriages.But we should also help people who decide to divorce have healthier partings.

Stephanie Coontz

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Stephanie Coontz
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: August 31
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