Out of Touch

Why do parents stop having contact with their children after separation and divorce? This book explores what the loss of contact means to parents as well as to their children. It also discusses the emotional, legal and public policy issues involved for divorced parents and their children.

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Why do parents stop having contact with their children after separation and divorce? How does this falling out of touch affect them and their children, and what can noncustodial parents do to maintain contact? This book offers a new perspective for parents who are "out of touch" by exploring what the loss of contact means in their lives as well as the lives of their children. Greif presents the portraits of parents pushed away by the other parent or by their children after painful and emotional divorces. He discusses the emotional, legal and public policy issues involved for divorced parents and their children.