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Show I ... , . ' -- v . . :. ' J-- - .v.' - ' b' i f 1 s ; t , . - ' -- . . rf ' '., . ' - S ; - . . - - - ' I . 1 WaH ikra f ffllfflRJEN ; '33 j . . ' ' ' time the clock ticks off 90 another American home is broken by divorce. Right now there are more than Vk million chil- dren under 18 whose parents are no longer man and wife. These are grim statistics; quite" y i o ".; ;.9 Joan X is a grandmother now. Both her boys are grown and hap- pily married. One is a teacher, the other a chemist. The .sons have a warm relationship not only with their mother, who them, but with their father, who stood nearby in ready support. Joan and her husband were di- vorced 20 years ago. .There was nothing ugly or sensational about their separation, but there has been something unusual and hopeful in the. way they've managed their lives and their children's lives ever since. In looking back, Joan thinks her Each - rightly, they worry churchmen, , - r .. v 6 v - ',' Ci by ICatiberine Orcate I '.. flue 01 JJJJl V MJiL UjMilJ 1 judges, teachers, and all thinking members of our society. Facts and statistic, however, are born of past experience. What really matters is the future and the children. Must these young victims of divorce lead bleak and insecure lives? Or is it possible, with the care and love of both parents, to save them from me dismal failure of their elders? Fortunately most experts agree that children from broken homes are not necessarily doomed. I'm no ex- pert myself, but I do know a number of divorcees who have raised emi- nently happy and successful children. How? That's a big question, and because this problem is a pressing one for so many parents today, I asked a friend who has lived through the experience for the answers. Family Weekly. April 26, 1959 - . hardest-tas- k the. hardest-foremo- ' ' v; V ( I t t " ! . I r l IJl ll , v ; ' 7 . tx :v f N ' .v' 'f - A i " V V iti VyiU V Vo v f'W ! vx -- 7 -- . (j.tUCO ' - V J r " r r ; - t pSs A . . J- TilM N . y I , - Sj I I , I. ,.J 3 iJ j''l , Wll yr-- . i : , ' .. I j T"l A 'I H- -l : v ! Ai ": ' V . st parents was the first one: prepar-- " ing herself to tell the boys about the decision for separate lives. There had been no fighting or shouting in this home. The couple had simply drifted apart in interests, affection, everything. Over a period of time the boys had seen less and less of their father whom they admired greatly. Long before Joan talked to them, it was quite obvious the boys sensed their small world was out of order. " . . . " . |