The Good Divorce
by Constance Ahrons
A twenty-year study of divorced families finds that cooperative co-parenting produces children who do well; Ahrons describes the 'binuclear family' and the styles from 'perfect pals' to 'fiery foes'. Research-based and hopeful.
Read it if…
you are divorcing with children and want the research on what helps them.
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Skip it if…
you have no children.
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Three things you will actually use
- Children do well when parents cooperate.
- The family is restructured, not destroyed.
- Conflict, not divorce, harms children.
Do this first
Identify your co-parenting style and aim one step toward cooperative.
Our verdict
Divorce, with children, done well.
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