Not at all. half of marriages end in divorce, and the legal battles required to go through divorce are much more stressful on EVERYONE, especially the child, than a "simple" breakup.

It should be noted people today don't have the strength to go through hard times in their relationships. A lot of people grow up realizing marriage is not like those fairy tales "They lived happily ever after". Sometimes you have problems and must go through them. If you do, everything is fine afterward. Or you can go for the easy way out: divorce. I'm happy my father taught me to face problems and not run away from them. I know I would not even break up with my girlfriend just because we must go through hard times. In fact we are going through a tough situation right now, but I'm not going to give up! And she will not either. Personal example: my cousin got married a few years a go and has two kids who are less than 4. Her husband started suffering from depression when she was pregnant from the second child, and instead of taking care of him and helping him she did the typical thing: send him to a psychologist. (Not to be mistaken for a psychiatrist. Anybody with a bachelor's degree in psychology can call themselves a psychologist). The psychologist had no clue what she was doing, she told him to do WHATEVER HE WANTS, persuaded him he was so much more important than his family that he was some kind of god to them, and he started having fights with his wife because he did not like things like the fact that the toothpaste was on the left of the sink instead of the right. However, I think my cousin is also to blame in the first place because she was not there for him when he needed her. He tried telling her that he really needed her, needed to spend more time with her, to have some private moments with her (a few days without their first child) but she wouldn't listen. In the end he resorted to telling her he would kill himself. I know he would not do it, he was just trying to get her attention because nothing else was working. It may not be right to do it this way, but depression was affecting his judgment. He was also sleeping outside sometimes (3 or 4 times), in a park, and sometimes would get drunk when he could not take it (he is not alcoholic though). His wife did not help him, she kept telling him she could not take care of him for whatever reason, he started to hit the walls out of pain and frustration during their fights (he was not being violent, just trying to let the pressure out somehow). He has a good job, he was healthy aside from this depression, he loved his wife... In the end he ended up telling his wife he did not want to be at home with her and the kids. She didn't react, she blamed him more. Then he said he did not love her anymore. I don't know if it was true or another attempt at getting her attention, but again she did not try helping him. She told him she wanted to divorce. My family thinks he's an asshole. I feel sorry for him. After I told my parents how I saw it, they were not so angry at him anymore. Hopefully things will get better and they won't divorce. My mother told my cousin that I thought he needed help and was trying to get her attention all along, but I am not sure she'll care about it at this point. Well, that's one example of how people bring failure on their relationships and divorce on themselves. I know some people are going to think "But you can't expect all the problems you will face in life!". Well yes, you can! Don't expect life to be a nice and sweet fairytale with rainbows in the sky even though the sun is shining! Every long lasting relationship will face problems at one point, so you better think about it early and prepare for it. And if you think you can't go through most of the problems you could possibly face, then don't get married and at least don't have children! I think that's the main reason people divorce. I know sometimes a divorce is nobody's fault, but that is rare. Yes, stupid "life is perfect/god or the government protect us/I want everything right now and not think about the consequences I'll face tomorrow/my problems are not my fault" culture.