However, it is better to divorce and explain to your children why this choice is necessary than to stay in a bad marriage. There are positive outcomes for children after divorce is completed. First, children are emotionally free from parents arguing with each other. The child can stay with each parent separately for one at a time. Brette Sember's Huffington Post blog states: It's not always perfect, but two homes without arguments are almost always better than one full of arguments and marital tension” (Sember). When parents don't get along, it tends to have a negative emotional impact on the child. When the child sees the parent in a separate home the tension disappears and the child is free to be happy and play as a child should. Second, children learn that cooperation is an important goal. Sembers states, “Parents who choose to mediate their divorce show their children that working together to find a solution is preferable to fighting against each other” (Sember). When a child pays attention to his parents' cooperation in facilitating the divorce process, he is teaching the child that arguing is not the path to take when you can negotiate and resolve problems that may arise. Even if the parents are divorcing, this gives the child a prospect for a happy future because his parents are happy