Presents vignettes on issues encountered by divorced parents and their children.
Describes the causes and problems leading to divorce, the types of divorce, statistics on divorce and remarriage, and the history and need for reform of divorce and divorce laws. Deals with marital separation and divorce as a personal and family crisis experience. Discuss events leading to separation, and the effects a separation has on children. Shows how anger, fear, hostility, frustration and fear block successful communication and thus destroy marriages. Provides ideas on how families can cope with a crisis and explains that solutions to a crisis depend largely on existing life patterns and the realization that every crisis can be resolved and overcome if approached in a positive way.