you make many good points that i mostly agree with. let me just clarify some things: Infidelity may be the leading cause, but it still makes up a minority of d

you make many good points that i mostly agree with. let me just clarify some things: Infidelity may be the leading cause, but it still makes up a minority of divorces today i didn't see the statistics. i assumed it meant there are more divorces caused by it than by financial problems, and that the remaining causes are other problems. (eg: 40% infidelity, 30% money, 20% other, 10% abuse. something like that) People aren't cheating because they don't know it's wrong that's not where i was going with education. the problem as i see it is, that people are cheating because they don't feel valued enough by their partner or they don't value their partner enough, and that i believe can absolutely be addressed with education. i don't mean teaching them that it is wrong, but teaching them how to value their partner more so they or their partner don't even develop the desire to cheat in the first place. Throwing money at parents isn't going to prevent divorce but it should remove money as a reason for divorce. Divorce rates in Germany are similar to the US, so whatever you're doing, it's not working there either. well, i think that is to simple as a comparison. again, not having seen the statistics, i expect that in germany not many divorces are cause by financial difficulties, and most are cause by people not having learned to get along. which too, can be addressed by education. i would suspect that in germany, having a much less conservative culture, divorce rates would be even higher if financial problems were added to the mix. so for all i know, the money part should be working. germany has other problems instead. the state should disincentivize divorce yes, but not through simply taking away money but by addressing the actual root causes. it should be more difficult to divorce, but once divorce actually happens the parent taking the children should be financially supported. but i just thought of another approach: more equally shared custody. i believe this is the norm in germany. that way, there is no financial benefit because both parents have equal costs.