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When John Jarvis visits his 13-year-old daughter, he stays in the guest room of his ex-wife’s house.

Bob Murphy of Chandler offered his ex-wife a key to his house when they divorced earlier this year after 26 years of marriage.

It’s nothing like your parents’ divorce, right?

Some of today’s divorcing couples, who as kids in the ’80s witnessed some wretched family separations as bitter as the movie “War of the Roses,” are vowing to do it differently. Even if their own parents didn’t divorce, many kids saw how hard it was on their friends.

So more couples are opting for a friendly divorce, whether through mediation, collaboration or even do-it-yourself kits. And the majority of couples choosing friendly divorces are those with children.

via For more couples, divorce can be on friendly terms.