My point of view is don't try and stay together for the kids. About 5 years of my parents marriage was trying to stay together because they were Catholics and it was hell. obviously hiding things from a toddler is going to be easier, but I still feel that kids pick up on these things and the truth will out eventually.
What is it about separated parents that concerns you so much? I think you have the right to be happy and I also think that happy parents are much more likely to have happy children, even if their family situation might not be your "normal" one (though with 1/3 of marriages ending in divorce it's hardly like separation is abnormal nowadays)
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