Ahrons, Constance R.,

We're still family : what grown children have to say about their parents' divorce / Constance Ahrons. - First edition. - xix, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Interviews with adult children from the divorced families originally studied in the author's The good divorce, c1994.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-267) and index.

pt. 1: The truth about divorce. No easy answers : why the popular view of divorce is wrong -- The adult children speak : the real legacy of divorce -- Lingering memories about their predivorce family : adult children look back at their parents' marriages before the divorce -- pt. 2: Changes, changes : what our kids want us to know about what works and what doesn't. Living arrangements : what kids have to say about their "best interests" -- Fathers : the most vulnerable relationship and how adult children work it out -- Reinventing the Brady Bunch : how remarriage changes children's lives -- The importance of tribal elders : adult children tell us how parental cooperation matters -- pt. 3: Strengthening our binuclear families. Fostering resilience : helping children thrive in their postdivorce families -- Advice from the front lines : how to script a good divorce -- Postscript: A call for change : how society can support families after divorce -- Appendix: The research.

0060193050 9780060193058

2003067609


Divorce--United States--Longitudinal studies
Adult children of divorced parents--United States--Interviews

HQ834 / .A675 2004

306.89