Divorce
DIVORCE: With half of all marriages ending in divorce, parents concentrate so much on the trauma they're experiencing that they forget to worry about the kids. The result can be terribly damaging to the children - but if you're willing to work on protecting them, there are ways to do it. Visit with a mother and daughter who have endured the trauma, and two divorce experts, for an intimate look at the damage that can be done to children of divorce, and the steps parents can take to minimize it.
Guests:
- Debbie Hillesheim - Divorced Parent
- Victoria Scheck - 12 years old, child of divorced parents
- Joseph Simonetti - Family Therapist
- Suzy Yehl Marta - Founder, Rainbows
Guests Credentials:
Joseph Simonetti
- Clinical Social Worker
- Marital and Family Therapist
- Divorce Mediator on staff at the Center for Family & Divorce Mediation.
- Hunter College - Master's Degree in Social Work
- Postgraduate Certification from the Ackerman Institute for the Family.
- Private Practice in Midtown Manhattan
- Specialist in issues regarding the consequences of separation and divorce.
Suzy Yehl Marta
- Founder & President, Rainbows - a non-profit organization for children who have experienced any kind of family loss
- Member, Family Resource Coalition
- Member, The Children and Divorce Resource Network
Resouces:
Websites
Rainbows Peer Support Group
www.rainbows.orgDivorceSource.com
www.divorcesource.comAmerican Academy of Pediatrics
www.aap.orgThe Parent Child Center of the New York Psychoanalytic Society
www.theparentchildcenter.org
Books
Gary Newman, Helping your Kids Cope with Divorce the Sandcastles Way
Anthony E. Wolf, Why Did You Have to Get a Divorce? And WHEN can I Get a Hamster?
Ann Banks, When Your Parents Get a Divorce: A Kid's Journal
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