Surviving The Breakup: How Children And Parents Cope With Divorce [Paperback]

Judith S. Wallerstein (Author), Joan B. Kelly (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 23, 1996

Based on the Children of Divorce Project, a landmark study of sixty families during the first five years after divorce, this enlightening and humane modern classic altered the conventional wisdom on the short- and long-term effects of family dissolution.

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Based on the Children of Divorce Project, the landmark study of how children, adolescents and their parents cope during the first five years after a family dissolution, Surviving the Breakup revolutionized the way society thought about divorce. Among other things, its findings showed how the adjustment of the child depends more on what happens after the divorce than on conditions in the predivorce family, that the father-child relationship does not diminish in importance regardless of how infrequent their contact becomes and that the child's anger and yearnings can last for an extraordinarily long time.

Written by undisputed authorities on the subject, this work started the debate about divorce and the family, a subject that has since become one of the most important issues in today's political arena. It is a text that all Americans concerned with family values should read. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

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 Center 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 Center in Corte Madera, California. 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 Center 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 Center in Corte Madera, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Basic Books; First Edition edition (August 23, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0465083455
• ISBN-13: 978-0465083459
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.9 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #278,133 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Surviving the Breakup January 4, 2007

By Nancy Zalusky Berg

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

As a divorce lawyer I find this book to be critically important in helping my clients understand the impact thier behavior can have on thier children

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Book, Poor Kindle Version July 22, 2012

By rabidreader

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

This is a very interesting study of the effects of divorce on children and parents on a five year timescale, conducted and described in a detailed and careful manner (also interesting are the ten and 25 year follow ups).

However, I would recommend getting the hardcopy, as the Kindle version suffers from several issues which make reading distracting. Font face is irregular (some words come out more bold or oddly faded looking) and there are errors in punctuation - the font face issues are visible both on the kindle and the computer reader.

In addition, the justification of the text combined with the default font size on the Kindle makes the text very badly spaced, with lots of white space in the lines. I had to go down a font size to read it smoothly, and was grateful that my reading vision hasn't started to decay with age yet. If you need reading glasses, be prepared to read on your computer.