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I think it totally depends on the individual kids how hard it's going to impact them. I was already out of the house, so it wasn't any big deal, and my sister was 16, and she didn't really care. 'Bout damn time, in her opinion. My brother, however, was 13 and he took it REALLY hard. My dad moved away and hardly saw my brother, and he (brother) blamed my mom for basically driving him away. It was a major cause of argument between them (despite the fact that my dad could have spent more time with him if he'd chosen - that wasn't the kind of dad he was when he was around, don't know why my brother thought that would change!).
I don't know that age is a real factor, though. It probably depends on the kind of relationship your parents have, and the kind of relationship you have with each of your parents at the time and after. If you're 6 and you grow up thinking the divorce was your fault, I can see how that would be a lot worse than being 12 and knowing that it sucks but not really internalizing it.
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