Elin & Tiger Woods: Staying Together for the Kids?

The latest buzz in the Tiger Woods saga is that his wife, Elin Woods, is planning to stand by her man. Now that the world’s #1 golfer has been in sexual addiction rehab, reports say that Elin is going to try to work it out for the sake of their children.

We can’t begin to imagine how the stress this whole ordeal has affected Mrs. Woods, but we also can’t help but ask — is it really best for a strained couple to stick it out for the kids?

We consulted Dr. Susan Bartell, family psychologist and the author of “Top 50 Questions Kids Ask” who tackles this issue with couples often — and ranks whether or not to stay together for the sake of children among the most common issues married couples face.

“When there is fighting, stress, yelling arguing in the house, NO — the kids are not better off when their parents stay together,” she says. “The most important determinant of what makes kids emotionally healthy is not whether their parents stay together, but how they handle the separation or divorce: as long as they put the needs of their children first — and really look out for their best interest, children will not be sacrificed.”

“In fact,” she continues, “Role-modeling an unhappy marriage can be worse for a child.”

So, what do you think? Is it a good idea to try to make a marriage work so that children don’t have a broken home…or if you don’t want to raise children alone? Tell us!