Between two Worlds : : the Inner Lives of Children of Divorce

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Originally published: New York : Crown Publishers, c2005.
Growing up divorced -- Divided selves -- Little adults -- Home -- Early moral forgers -- Secrets -- Child-sized old souls -- Getting honest about children of divorce -- Conclusion : what children of divorce want.
Is there really such a thing as a "good divorce"? Determined to uncover the truth, Elizabeth Marquardt--herself a child of divorce--conducted, with Professor Norval Glenn, a pioneering national study of children of divorce, surveying 1,500 young adults from both divorced and intact families between 2001 and 2003. In Between Two Worlds, she weaves the findings of that study together with stories of the childhoods of young people from divorced families. The hard truth, she says, is that while divorce is sometimes necessary, even amicable divorces sow lasting inner conflict in the lives of children. When a family breaks in two, children who stay in touch with both parents must travel between two worlds, trying alone to reconcile their parents' often strikingly different beliefs, values, and ways of living. --From publisher's description.

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Excellent book for parents to read before they decide to divorce submitted by Brigid on September 18, 2020, 11:31am Divorce is easy, but what it does to your children is very hard and they will always have difficulties. This book uncovers, through interviews and surveys, the issues that youngsters will deal with throughout their lives because of their parents' divorce. A good thing to know, to be prepared to understand and help and perhaps decide that the problems you now have are preferable to the ones you will produce if you divorce.