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100 1 $aGreif, Geoffrey L.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84132116
245 10 $aOut of touch :$bwhen parents and children lose contact after divorce /$cGeoffrey L. Greif.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1997.
300 $aviii, 240 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [229]-236) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tDivorce and How Parents Lose Contact --$g2.$tWhen Father and Children No Longer Visit: Feelings of Inadequacy and Rejection --$g3.$tWhen Fathers and Children No Longer Visit: The More Acrimonious Cases --$g4.$tWhen Mothers and Children No Longer Visit: Feelings of Rejection and Betrayal --$g5.$tWhen Mothers and Children No Longer Visit: When Others Raise Concerns --$g6.$tThe Children's Views --$g7.$tAbsent Parents, Law, and Social Policy --$g8.$tWhen Contact Is Reestablished: Where to Go from Here --$g9.$tPrevention and Resolution: Advice for Parents and Children.
520 $aSetting out to find the reality beneath the catchall categorization of out-of-touch parents as deadbeats, substance abusers, child mistreaters, or criminals, Greif focuses on those parents who tried and, for a vast array of reasons, failed to maintain contact with their children. It is their voices, in a discussion dominated up till now by the custodial parent, that we most need to hear, Greif argues, if we are to uncover ways to avoid such failures in the future.
520 8 $aRather than offering dry statistics and abstract generalizations, Greif lets us hear these voices directly in 26 in-depth interviews with estranged parents and with children caught in the crossfire of painful divorces. These interviews, and Greif's perceptive analyses of them, reveal the whole spectrum of logistical, emotional, and legal difficulties that keep parents and children apart.
520 8 $aFrom the ordinary problems of visitation rights and child support to the more complex and troubling issues - bitter court battles, accusations of sexual abuse, domestic violence, children rejecting a parent, child kidnapping, and many others - Out of Touch vividly and often heart-breakingly presents all the ways that fathers and mothers, even with the best intentions, can lose contact with their children. But the book does more than tell the stories of failed relationships. Its concluding chapter offers a series of specific and extremely helpful suggestions for families - parents, children, grandparents - who find themselves in danger of complete estrangement. Greif outlines how families can employ support systems, communication skills, mediation, and many other strategies to overcome the most difficult obstacles that occur after a divorce.
520 8 $aIt is here that the lessons gleaned from the broken relationships of the past become invaluable advice for the future.
650 0 $aChildren of divorced parents.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023544
650 0 $aChildren of divorced parents$xPsychology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009119149
650 0 $aDivorce$xPsychological aspects.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102337
852 00 $bswx$hHQ777.5$i.G74 1997