Divorce is never good for the kids. I know a young man (15) who lost his father to cancer some years ago. Is he also doomed? Or do different circumstances of single-parenthood make a different outcome?
It has been my experience that a parent dying is different from a parent walking out.
Yes, there is a profound sense of loss, but not the kind of feelings of rejection divorce can foster. I don’t know for sure if that is true in all cases ( the heart is known but to God). But that has been my experience, for the most part.
While there is sorrow and loss, the departed is remembered with loving thoughts and words; not true in a divorce where there is often much bitterness and torn loyalty.