My parents got divorced when I was 6-years-old and my younger brother was 4-years-old. I don't have much memory of my parents together but I remember what we would do when they fought. Brendan, my little brother would hide under a pillow and I would play the piano as loud as I could so we wouldn't hear what our parents were arguing about.  

We were lucky because I think our parents got divorced before it got really ugly and they were able to make compromises that helped Brendan and myself settle into a life with joint custody. They both stayed in the same town and made an agreement that they would stay in the same town until my brother and I both graduated from high school. We continued to go to my Aunt Sue's house for baby sitting so there were minimal changes in our daily life, besides that we had to remember what we would need to bring back and fourth between each house. 

At the age of six I had no friends with divorced parents. I actually thought that I was weird for having divorced parents, even though I liked it better that way. My first grade teacher helped me through the divorce along with the guidance counselor in a group for kids with divorced parents. One of the most affective things was a book that my teacher gave me to read about two kids who had parents with joint custody. It showed the positive side of divorce and how joint custody could appeal to the mind of an egocentric child by showing that in joint custody, you have two of everything. 

My parents still get along fairly well. Sometimes my mother goes on rants about my father because I think she got more hurt in the divorce than he did, but I am glad they got divorced. I know that before my parents were remarried, I was happy with both my parents. 

Divorce is not always a bad thing. In my experience people who hate each other but stay married are worse off and do more damage to their children. 

***disclaimer*** I believe that divorce is not always a bad thing but I think remarriage can ruin a relationship between parent and child. It has ruined my relationships with both my parents and many people I know and have read about in case studies in psychology.