Here's an old bit from a stand-up comic's act: "Some say the glass is half empty. Some say it is half full. I say it's twice as big as it needs to be." This is a story of glasses, not nearly empty, not quite full. Except that the glasses are the children of divorce―a million new ones each year in the U.S.―and what's beingmea-sured is their misery. For decades, since a pioneering study by Judith S. Wallerstein in 1971, sociologists and family-health specialists have posited that the wrenching act of divorce and its aftermath leave scars that can linger―in the afflicted children, throughout adolescence and into adulthood. This theory, buttressed by Wallerstein's 2000 best seller, The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: A 25 Year Landmark Study, helped explain so many ills―depression, juvenile delinquency, poor grades―even as it justified a flourishing victim-and-caregiver industry.
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机译：这是脱口秀漫画的一幕：“有人说杯子是半空的。有人说杯子是半满的。我说它是需要的两倍大。”这是一个眼镜的故事，不是几乎是空的，不是很饱。除了眼镜是离婚的孩子（在美国每年有一百万个新眼镜），被保险的是他们的痛苦。几十年来，自1971年Judith S. Wallerstein进行开创性研究以来，社会学家和家庭保健专家一直认为，离婚及其后果的痛苦举动会留下疤痕，这些疤痕可能会在折磨的孩子中蔓延至整个青春期，直至成年。这一理论在沃勒斯坦（Wallerstein）2000年最畅销书《意外的离婚遗产：一项长达25年的里程碑研究》的支持下，帮助解释了许多疾病，包括抑郁症，青少年犯罪，成绩差等，即使它证明了蓬勃发展的受照料者和照料者行业也是如此。
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