Mothers Who Were Children of Divorce

During my childhood in the 1960’s and 1970’s, divorce was neither utterly taboo nor fully accepted. But when the neighbor’s Mom died of cancer, their Dad’s new wife was the first and only divorcee (the word practically vibrated, a scandalous whisper) I had ever met. Nobody blamed a widower for finding new love, though the jury never quite reached consensus as to how it affected the kids.

Contemporary divorced mothers — whether single, remarried or blending families — worry and wonder about how our decisions will impact the children. Can we mitigate the emotional damage? What kind of parents will they grow up to be?

Why don’t we ask them? Kids of boomer divorces have become 21st century parents. Joan, Susan, Clare, Julia and Allie are doing a fine job as Moms; they are not divorced, but their parents were.

Read More: The Huffington Post