John Niven Quotes

Everyone knows that when you go through a divorce, it's a really difficult time for both parties and you've all - you believe, you both believe, individually, that you've put your best into it.

Divorce is not easy, but if you genuinely put your kids first, that dictates the civility you should show each other. What example are you otherwise?

I think the key for a child to do well in a divorce is, very simply, you have to be honest with them.

I want my ex-wife and children to be happy.

Having egregious divorces - where you just hate each other - is really the easy way out.

I think divorce doesn't necessarily bring out the best in people.

I think I realized my parents' relationship was special when I had my first girlfriend, and she came from a broken marriage. I watched how much closeness there was between her and her mom, and also how much bickering.

I had to learn to respect the relationship my son had with his father outside of the three of us.

There comes a crossroads in every marriage where you grow together or grow apart. I outgrew Len. He wanted me to be in that leather jumpsuit for the rest of my life and do nothing else. He constrained me. It got to a point where the marriage died or I did.

I think the greatest challenge between child and parent is communication.

Relationships can go wrong very simply, very quickly, and when you have children you become more aware of relationships around you.

It's not easy to walk out on a marriage and two young kids, and it's the most difficult thing I've ever had to do.

I don't know why my parents split up. I guess they just drifted apart, but I do know they stayed very good friends.

I have had five phenomenal children, a great husband and, even though we are separated, we are good friends.

Divorce is fairly common these days, and I think many times people disregard the emotional impact that divorce has on a couple and a family, because it happens so frequently.

It is so important that you don't stay with someone just for the children and for the wrong reasons.

Me and my dad are kind of distant since my mom and him separated.

There's nothing good about divorce.

My parents' marriage was very rocky. They were always arguing. When they split up when I was in my 20s, my brother and I were both delighted because we knew they weren't good for each other.

You don't bad-mouth your ex or anything like that. The key is your kid knowing that both parents still love him and are there for him.

Placing 'amicable' and 'separation' together creates an oxymoron - we don't usually decide to end a partnership until the very sight of our soon-to-be ex fills us with disgust, misery, agony or a combination of all three.

It's not that, you know, when a relationship doesn't work and there are issues, you have to somehow work it out if there are children involved.

Anyone who's been through divorce will know that every day is really hard.

Once you do embark upon the separation or divorce process, it is very important to remember three key things: Be kind, be reasonable, be brief. Remember that this person will no longer be your spouse, but he or she will continue to be your co-parent, family member, and perhaps business partner in certain assets or entities.

There is probably no such thing as a good divorce, but clinging to an old idea of how relationships are unraveled can make a bad thing even worse.