Surviving The Breakup

Judith S. Wallerstein, an internationally renowned expert on marriage and divorce, is principal investigator of the Children of Divorce Project. She is the founder of the centre for the Family in Transition, in Corte Madera, California, and the author of the bestselling Second Chances, a follow-up study of the same families in this book ten years after divorce. Her most recent book is The Good Marriage.Joan B. Kelly, co-principal director of the Children of Divorce Project from its inception until 1980, is known internationally for her research, articles, and presentations in the divorce, custody, and mediation areas. She is a past president of the Academy of Family Mediators and is executive director of the Northern California Mediation centre in Corte Madera, California.

Separation * The Beginning * The Ambiance of Divorce * The Childs Experience During the Divorcing Period * How the Children Responded Parents And Children After Separation * Changes in Parent-Child Relationships * The Child and the Custodial Parent * The Visiting Parent * The Childs View of Visiting In Transition * Parents in Transition * Children in Transition Five-Year Follow-Up * Parents After Five Years * Children and Adolescents Reflect on Their Parents Divorce * Children and Adolescents: The Outcome at Five Years * Father-Child Relationship at Five Years * The Child in the School Setting * Remarriage * The Implications of the Findings