The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce A 25 Year Landmark Study,9780786886166

The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce A 25 Year Landmark Study

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Edition: Reprint
ISBN13: 9780786886166
ISBN10: 0786886161
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-09-19
Publisher(s): Grand Central Publishing
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Summary

If you grew up as a child of divorce, you may find yourself asking: Why am I so afraid of conflict? Why do I have such a fear of commitment? Why am I always waiting for the "other shoe to drop," even at moments of success? You may be surprised to discover how common these feelings are for children of divorce, especially as they get older. Dr. Judith Wallerstein has been studying the effects of divorce on children for 25 years, but even she wasn't expecting the findings presented here: that while children learn to cope with divorce, its greatest effects don't emerge until adulthood. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Judith S. Wallerstein is The founder of the Judith Wallerstein Center for the Family in Transition, she is a senior lecturer emerita at the School of Social Welfare at the University of California at Berkeley

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Prologue xiii
Preface xix
Introduction xxvii
PART ONE / PARALLEL UNIVERSES: KAREN AND GARY
When a Child Becomes the Caregiver
3(11)
Sunlit Memories
14(12)
Growing Up is Harder
26(13)
What If They'd Stayed Together---and What If They Can't?
39(13)
When There's No One to Set an Example
52(19)
Setting an Example
71(16)
PART TWO / THE LEGACY OF DIVORCE: LARRY AND CAROL
The Wages of Violence
87(19)
Our Failure to Intervene
106(15)
Order Out of Chaos
121(10)
Family Ties
131(15)
Undoing the Past
146(13)
PART THREE / THE PARENTLESS CHILD: PAULA
Growing Up Lonely
159(15)
Court-Ordered Visiting, the Child's View
174(12)
Sex and Drugs
186(9)
Evolving Relationships
195(9)
The Custody Saga Continues
204(21)
PART FOUR / THE VULNERABLE CHILD: BILLY
The Vulnerable Child
225(11)
The Stepfamily
236(18)
Picking Up the Pieces, One by One
254(15)
PART FIVE / MY BEST CASE: LISA
Is Not Fighting Enough?
269(13)
Children of Divorce
282(12)
Two Conclusions
294(23)
Appendix 317(10)
Notes 327(12)
Index 339

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