The effects of divorce on children might be likened to lighting striking a structure that is already compromised. The results can range anywhere to setting the entire building ablaze to merely putting a few cracks in the foundation. That more and more families are falling into crisis is evident by the demands placed on "help" lines and services which aid families. A Toronto-based "Kids Help" line reported that it receives over 4000 calls daily from stressed …
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…her needs. This, of course, depends on the parents create a workable co-parenting arrangement (Holman, 1997). According to Friedman, concern for the welfare of children has played a negligible role in the issues surrounding divorce legislation (1996). an unintended result of this has been the creation of a structure of indifference (1996). It is an indifference that, as a society, must be addressed in order to insure the well being of the family and, thereby, society ion general.