{"product_id":"9780060931209","title":"We're Still Family","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is the real legacy of divorce? Constance Ahrons, Ph.D., author of the highly praised \u003ci\u003eThe Good Divorce\u003c\/i\u003e, decided to find out by expanding her landmark study to include in-depth interviews with 173 grown children whose divorcing parents she interviewed twenty years earlier. What she has learned is both heartening and significant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWe're Still Family\u003c\/i\u003e, Ahrons challenges the myth that children of divorce are troubled, drug abusing, academically challenged, and unable to form adult relationships. Instead she provides new evidence that the legacy of divorce is not as devastating as some researchers have suggested. Major findings show that:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMost of these young adults emerged stronger and wiser in spite of — or perhaps because of — their parents' divorces and remarriages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe majority were very clear that their parents' divorce had positive outcomes, not only for their parents but for themselves as well.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMore than half felt that their relationships with their fathers actually improved after the divorce.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhile their new families of stepparents and half-siblings may look different from other families, the majority of these young adults feel connected to the family members who make up their world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivorce is never easy for any family, but it does not have to destroy children's lives or lead to family breakdown. By listening to the voices of these grown children, divorcing parents will learn what they can do to maintain family bonds. They will find helpful road maps identifying both the benefits and the harms to children postdivorce. Parents need to be comforted by the truth about divorce and not threatened by alarming misinformation and overblown worst-case scenarios. And they need to believe that after all is said and done, their children will look at their post divorce families and say with conviction, \"We're still family.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47007910166768,"sku":"9780060931209","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060931209_p0.jpg?v=1763620548","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060931209","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}