Divided Families - What Happens to Children When Parents Part

In spite of the upset children experience after parental separation, Furstenberg and Cherlin find that most Children adapt successfully as long as their mother does reasonably well financially and psychologically, and as long as conflict between parents is low. The casualty of divorce is usually the declining relationship between fathers and their children.

About the author

Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr., is Zellerbach Family Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.Andrew J. Cherlin is Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University.

Summary

This text argues that despite the upset children experience after parental separation, most adapt successfully provided the mother is secure both financially and psychologically, and conflict between parents is low. The usual casualty of divorce is a declining relationship between father and child.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew J. Cherlin, Frank Furstenberg, Frank F. Furstenberg, Frank F. Jr. Furstenberg
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.1994
• EAN: 9780674655775
• ISBN: 978-0-674-65577-5
• No. of pages: 152
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 224 g
• Series: The Family and Public Policy; The Family and Public Policy
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology