Vinnie Jones Quotes

Divorce in and of itself, and with children, is devastating.

The separation of a childless couple is dramatic, but the separation of a couple with children is always tragic.

My parents' marriage was already shaky when I came along. They split up when I was five, and I didn't see Dad all that often after that - four or five times a year.

Well, I was about six or seven, and my mother and father separated.

I remember the bad times as a succession of painful emotional snapshots: Me walking into the library at 24 Sussex, seeing my mother in tears, and hearing her talk about leaving while my father stood facing her, stern and ashen.

My mom and dad got divorced when I was very young, and growing up in a family where the head of the household wasn't a man made a big difference.

Nobody wants to go through divorce, especially when there's young children involved.

You can't underestimate how traumatic divorce is for the children.

I was so tiny when my parents split up that I can't remember them ever being together. That was never an issue, as I guess I never went through the trauma of them splitting up.

I thought at the time of my parents' divorce that I was upset by deeper, more profound things and I was just taking it out on the joint custody agreement. But that disruption was bad enough. That was a huge deal for a teenager.

A family is very special. So when a family splits up, it's not good, it's never good.

I was six when my parents divorced, and that was tough for me.

For me, the toughest thing for kids to deal with is when the parents are fighting. It's not violence on them - it's the feeling of violence in the family.

People shouldn't stay married because of the kids. That's torture for everyone.

What's worse than getting divorced?

My parents separated when I was younger.

My father and my mother separated when I was two.

What must it be like for a little boy to read that daddy never loved mummy?

When my dad divorced my mom it was kind of like him leaving me also.

My parents divorced when I was 3 years old. They had a lounge act in Las Vegas, where I was born. The band broke up and the marriage dissolved, and my mother, my sister and I moved to Southern California. And I didn't see my dad a lot growing up; he was on the road a lot. I'd see him every couple years.

We've all been affected by divorce in one way or another, whether we've experienced it personally, or witnessed family or friends go through it.

I had a somewhat frenetic childhood because my mum and dad split up when I was five, and then my mum remarried.

Divorce is, of course, difficult for a child. I didn't go through it as my parents stayed together, but I have a lot of friends who did.

When people divorce, it's always such a tragedy. At the same time, if people stay together it can be even worse.

My parents had a difficult divorce.