Full Description
Using innovative, participatory research methods, this book offers new insights into the issues surrounding parental separation or divorce from the unique perspective, and retrospectives, of young adults. As they look back on their childhood, their views provide valuable insights into how children experience and accommodate their parents' separation.
Drawing on the qualitative research findings, Kay-Flowers develops a new framework to provide a useful analytical tool for academics and practitioners working with children and families to make sense of young people's experiences and puts forward suggestions for improving support for children in the future.
Contents
Introduction;
What is known about children's experience of parental separation and divorce;
The Research Study;
Constructing a new framework for understanding children's accommodation of parental separation;
Setting the context for the framework: Emotions;
Reactions;
Support;
Communication;
Conflict;
Future directions.
