Divorce before kids is I think sometimes liberation, after kids it becomes very hard to do .I know people who got divorced before kids and also ones who got divorced after kids. Unfortunately it is so common.
One of my friend got divorced because guy thought she was not good looking enough... then he remarried and divorced second wife. She raised her child alone and worked hard .Last year to my utter shock she told me she and her husband are together again as they want to try to be there for the kid....now again they are miserable but trying to make it work for the child. But the guy was such a bad human being he was not even there when her child had lymphoma and had to be treated ....To give second chance to such a jerk is really hard but she says she is doing it for sake of her child.
It is such a delicate balance, some times I feel if you have kids and there is no physical violence involved then try to work things out as it makes life a mess.
My sister thinks divorce was best thing that happened to her, she got divorced to utter misery of my family , lived 5-6 years with full freedom and then remarried, but there was no kid involved. Society mostly blames women and even she dealt with pressure from family to try to make it work but sometimes there is no choice .
When children are grown up then finding rishta for them becomes hard too.. this thing becomes a hinderance.. some times kids start blaming mother ..so I feel here is nothing like just taking the plunge and deal with whatever life is throwing at you as there is no guarantee that second one would be better.
My personal belief is if you have kids and got divorced then just be alone and raise your kids with dignity and good will. God is there e to protect us all.
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