The Children of Divorce: The Loss of Family as the Loss of Being

by Andrew Root

Book Overview

Why does divorce cause so much strain and long-term distress for children of all ages? Andrew Root, a recognized authority on youth ministry and a child of divorce himself, explains that divorce causes children to question their core identity. Since a child is the product of the union of a mother and father, when that union ends, he or she experiences a baffling sense of loss of self--a loss of his or her very sense of being. Root redirects efforts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801039142
• ISBN13: 9780801039140
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up