PSYCHOLOGY DIVORCE

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Rising Above Irreconcilable Issues

DOES THE DIVORCE OF PARENTS HARM THEIR CHILDREN (A Close Look into the Practical Implications of the Positions Taken by the Proponents on Both the Affirmative and Negative Sides of the Debate ) Rising Above . 2

INTRODUCTION

Apparently , the debated issue concerning the consequences of the divorce of

parents to the upbringing of their children , is a polarizing issue and will likely remain to

be so . And , if the biases on both sides are allowed to intensify and harden as objective

discussions

push further forward , the end result in sight is a tragedy of irreconcilable

issues . But before further deliberation takes its course onward on such assertion , it is just

that both poles be given space in this present work with regards to their respective case

studies , findings , positions taken , as well as prognostications

AFFIRMATIVE

The prominent authority who sounds forewarning of a disgraceful and stigmatic

future for most children of divorced parents is Psychologist Judith Wallerstein . In her

book , The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce : Report of a 25-yr . Study in Psychoanalytic

Psychology (Summer , 2004 , co-authored by Julia M . Lewis , Judith Wallerstein put on

record her Case Studies which began in the early 1970s . Said Studies involved 131 child-

ren of divorced parents . For the next 25 years , Wallerstein consistently followed through

her encounters with the lives of those kids as they grew up

Focusing her study on a select group of 7 children who served as representative

embodiment of a bigger body having...