The Children of Divorce
Andrew Root
Baker Books, 2010, 208 pp., $19.99
Divorce is “normal” declares our culture, but the existential consequences for children of divorce are not intended to be a normal aspect of human development. Too often we simply try to fix kids as they go through the transition of their family structure following a divorce without realizing the strain that divorce has on their very identity.
Root views this issue as more than a transition; it is about belonging and having a place to belong. This loss of identity requires more than education or creative custody arrangements—it requires a community of caring and acceptance, a place to belong. With compassion, wisdom and theological insight, Root calls for the church to become a community in which young people are able to ground their being and process the painful loss of family security.
