More than half of all 17-year-olds now live in homes that have suffered from divorce or separation, according to a report by the Marriage & Religion Research Institute. While some of these kids still live in a household with a mother and father, 45 percent live with their biological mother and father. That’s important, because kids who come from broken homes statistically are less likely to graduate from high school and more likely to have their own children out of wedlock. (Washington Examiner)

Paul Asay has covered religion for The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Beliefnet.com and The (Colorado Springs) Gazette. He writes about culture for Plugged In and wrote the Batman book God on the Streets of Gotham (Tyndale). He lives in Colorado Springs with wife, Wendy, and two children. Follow him on Twitter.