broken homes

An exploration of family breakups that provides information and personal accounts designed to reassure readers that broken homes are not necessarily negative and encourage discussion about related topics and feelings.

Scientific American reported that there were 1.5 million children whose parents divorce each year in the United States. Although parents feel shattered or liberated by the divorce, their children probably feel terrified by the prospect of a change in their stability and happiness. This resource provides guidance in sorting out young people’s feelings, understanding the divorce process, and finding people who can offer help. Teens find out how to avoid being caught in the middle of divided loyalties. They learn about conflict resolution and how to communicate with others honestly while dealing with life changes and emotional challenges.

Relates the stories of children and teenagers whose parents divorced. Incorporates statistics and legal information to support the anecdotes and recollections of the children. Discusses economic difficulty, custody disputes, and the hostility that can result from a broken marriage.

Taking a hard look at the societal conventions that constrain teenage girls, Carrie Mesrobian tells one girl's story with bracing honesty and refreshing authenticity.

Includes a wide range of opinions surrounding issues concerning divorce and children.

A guide to dealing with the divorce of parents, discussing various reasons for divorce, the emotions experienced by the children, and ways of coping with the change.

Fifteen-year-old Kenisha's perfect life falls apart after her father announces he wants a divorce and that his pregnant girlfriend is moving into their home in the suburbs, leaving Kenisha and her mother to live in her grandmother's small inner-city apartment and Kenisha wondering how she can put the pieces of her life back together.

Uses case studies, interview excerpts, and observations to describe the effects of divorce on men, women, boys, and girls, and examines topics that include factors that help or hinder adjustment, the impact of parental conflict on children, strategies used by divorced families to contain conflict, and more.

Billy learns that just because his parents live in separate houses, it doesn't mean that the strength and love of a family has been taken from him. Billy discovers what matters most is the love for each other that lives inside our hearts.

Nineteen-year-old Maya Nidal has grown up with her grandparents. Her grandmother is a force of nature--willful, outspoken, wise, and fiercely protective. Her African American grandfather, an astronomer and professor, is a gentle man with a comforting presence. When her grandfather dies, Maya falls apart and turns to drugs, alcohol, and petty crime. Lost in a dangerous underworld she is rescued by her grandmother who helps her escape to a remote island off the coast of Chile.