I know too many people who wish their parents had never stayed together and seen how their trauma manifested in their own relationships, to ever be so naïve as to think the only 'broken' homes are divorced ones.

There's no such thing as broken homes just broken people. A relationship not working out does not have to be a recipe for disaster if you do not allow it to be. A family doesn't stop being a family because the parents are not romantically involved. Change your mindset.

The weight of romantic expectations and the crushing disappointment of a marriage or relationship not turning out as one expects it to often brings out the worst in people determined to punish each other, & who in turn end up punishing their children and all loved ones involved.

It just doesn't have to be that way. Marriages and relationships can end with integrity and intentionally curbing excess injury on both parties and collateral damage on children involved.