“We’re Still Family” Contents
We’re Still Family
What Grown Children Have to Say
About Their Parents’ Divorce
What Grown Children Have to Say
About Their Parents’ Divorce
Introduction
Part I: The Truth About Divorce
1. No Easy Answers: Why the Popular View of Divorce Is Wrong [click link to see excerpt]
2. The Adult Children Speak: The Real Legacy of Divorce
3. Lingering Memories About Their Predivorce Family: Adult Children Look Back at Their Parents’ Marriages Before DivorcePart II: Chagnes, Changes” What Our Kids Want Us to Know About What Works and What Doesn’t
4. Living Arrangements: What Kids Have to Say About Their “Best Inters”
5. Fathers: The Most Vulnerable Relationship and How Adult Children Work It Out
6. Reinventing the Brady Bunch: How Remarriage Changes Children’s Lives
7. The Imporatance of Tribal Elders: Adult Children Tell Us How Parental Cooperation Matters
Part I: The Truth About Divorce
1. No Easy Answers: Why the Popular View of Divorce Is Wrong [click link to see excerpt]
2. The Adult Children Speak: The Real Legacy of Divorce
3. Lingering Memories About Their Predivorce Family: Adult Children Look Back at Their Parents’ Marriages Before DivorcePart II: Chagnes, Changes” What Our Kids Want Us to Know About What Works and What Doesn’t
4. Living Arrangements: What Kids Have to Say About Their “Best Inters”
5. Fathers: The Most Vulnerable Relationship and How Adult Children Work It Out
6. Reinventing the Brady Bunch: How Remarriage Changes Children’s Lives
7. The Imporatance of Tribal Elders: Adult Children Tell Us How Parental Cooperation Matters
Part II: Stengthening Our Binuclear Families
8. Fostering Resilience: Helping Children Thrive in Their Postdivorce Families
9. 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
Notes
Selected References
Acknowledgments
Index