Book Reviews

Transitions to Adulthood in a Changing Economy: No Work, No Family, No Future? Alan Booth, Ann C. Crouter, & Michael J. Shanahan (Eds.). All Our Families: New Policies for a New Century. Mary Ann Mason, Arlene Skolnick, & Stephen D. Sugarman (Eds.). The Family On the Threshold of the 21st Century: Trends and Implications. Solly Dreman (Ed.). Stepfamilies: Love, Marriage, and Parenting in the First Decade. James H. Bray & John Kelly. Coping with Divorce, Single Parenting, and Remarriage: A Risk and Resiliency Perspective. E. Mavis Hetherington (Ed.). Resiliency in Native American and Immigrant Families. Hamilton I. McCubbin, Elizabeth A. Thompson, Anne I. Thompson, & Julie E. Fromer (Eds.). Marriage in Men's Lives. Steven L. Nock.     

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“Poppa” Psychology: The Role of Fathers in Children's Mental Well‐Being. Vicky Phares. Black Men and Divorce. Erma Jean Lawson & Aaron Thompson. Crossing the Line: Interracial Couples in the South. Robert P. McNamara, Maria Tempenis, & Beth Walton. Indicators of Children's Well‐Being. Robert M. Hauser, Brett V. Brown, & William R. Prosser (Eds.). The Scientific Basis of Child Custody Decisions. Robert M. Galatzer‐Levy & Louis Kraus (Eds.). The Third Job: Employed Couples' Management of Household Work Contradictions. Gurjeet K. Gill. Children's Adjustment to Adoption: Developmental and Clinical Issues. David M. Brodzinsky, Daniel W. Smith, & Anne B. Brodzinsky. Till Death Do Us Part: A Multicultural Anthology on Marriage. Sandra Lee Browning & R. Robin Miller (Eds.). Taking Time: Parental Leave Policy and Corporate Culture. Mindy Fried. Battered Women, Children, and Welfare Reform: The Ties that Bind. Ruth A. Brandwein (Ed.). Women, Families, and HIV/AIDS: A Sociological Perspective on the Epidemic in America. Carole A. Campbell. The Changing Family in Comparative Perspective: Asia and the United States. Karen Oppenheim Mason, Noriko O. Tsuya, & Minja Kim Choe (Eds.). Intimacy: Personal Relationships in Modern Societies. Lynn Jamieson. Relationships as Developmental Contexts. W. Andrew Collins & Brett Laursen (Eds.). Attachment Theory and Close Relationships. Jeffry A. Simpson & W. Steven Rholes (Eds.). The Custody Wars: Why Children Are Losing the Legal Battle and What We Can Do About It. Mary Ann Mason. Book Review Editor's note: Copies of the book, The Postdivorce Family The Postdivorce Family: Children, Parenting, and Society. Ross A. Thompson & Paul R. Amato (Eds.). Marriage, Divorce, and Children's Adjustment (2nd ed.). Robert E. Emery. The Postdivorce Family: Children, Parenting, and Society. Ross A. Thompson & Paul R. Amato (Eds.). Undercurrents of Divorce. Shelley Day Sclater & Christine Piper (Eds.). Problem Solving in Families: Research and Practice. Samuel Vuchinich.     

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Children in Changing Families: Life After Parental Separation. Jan Pryor & Bryan Rogers. Women Without Children: Nurturing Lives. Yvonne Vissing. New Brunswick. For Better or for Worse: Divorce Reconsidered. E. Mavis Hetherington & John Kelly. The Birth of Pleasure. Carol Gilligan. Making Men Into Fathers: Men, Masculinities and the Social Politics of Fatherhood. Barbara Hobson (Ed.). Taking Parenting Public: The Case for a New Social Movement. Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Nancy Rankin, & Cornel West (Eds.). Pit Women: Coal Communities in Northern England in the Early Twentieth Century. Griselda Carr. Championing Child Care. Sally S. Cohen. Caring and Doing for Others. Alice S. Rossi (Ed.).     

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Women, Work and Care of the Elderly. Elizabeth A. Watson & Jane Mears. Conflict and Cohesion in Families: Causes and Consequences. Martha J. Cox & Jeanne Brooks‐Gunn (Eds.). Marriage in a Culture of Divorce. Karla B. Hackstaff. Ethics in American Adoption. L. Anne Babb. Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief. Pauline Boss. Violence in Intimate Relationships. Ximena B. Arriaga & Stuart Oskamp (Eds.). Work and Family: Research Informing Policy. Toby L. Parcel & Daniel B. Cornfield (Eds.). Mothers at Work: Effects on Children's Well‐Being. Lois W. Hoffman & Lisa M. Youngblad. The Changing Transition to Adulthood: Leaving and Returning Home. Francis Goldscheider & Calvin Goldscheider. Handbook of Attachment: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications. Jude Cassidy & Phillip R. Shaver (Eds.). Handbook of the Sociology of Gender. Janet Saltzman Chafetz (Ed.). Gender, Emotion, and the Family. Leslie Brody. West Meets East: Americans Adopt Chinese Children. Richard Tessler, Gail Gamache, & Liming Liu. Understanding Elder Abuse in Minority Populations. Toshio Tatara (Ed.). Revolutions of the Heart: Gender, Power and the Delusions of Love. Wendy Langford. Aging and Male Sexuality. Raul C. Schiavi. Nowhere to Grow: Homeless and Runaway Adolescents and Their Families. Les B. Whitbeck & Dan R. Hoyt. Weaving Work and Motherhood. Anita Ilta Garey. Queer Family Values: Debunking the Myth of the Nuclear Family. Valerie Lehr.     

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The Case for Marriage: Why Married People are Happier, Healthier, and Better Off Financially. Linda J. Waite & Maggie Gallagher. Families as Relationships. Robert M. Milardo & Steve Duck (Eds.). Redefining Family Policy: Implications for the 21 st Century. Joyce M. Mercier, Stephen B. Garasky, & Mack C. Shelley II (Eds.). Why Parents Matter: Parental Investment and Child Outcomes. Nigel Barber. Earning and Caring in Canadian Families. Roderic Beaujot. Who Owns Domestic Abuse?: The Local Politics of a Social Problem. Ruth M. Mann. The Dynamics of Adoption: Social and Personal Perspectives. Amal Treacher & Ilan Katz (Eds.). Aging in East and West: Families, States, and the Elderly. Vern L. Bengtson, Kyong‐Dong Kim, George C. Myers, & Ki‐Soo Eun (Eds.). Who Should Care for the Elderly? An East‐West Value Divide. William T. Liu & Hal Kendig (Eds.).     

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Family Experiences With Mental Illness. Richard Tessler and Gail Gamache. Close Relationships: A Sourcebook. Clyde Hendrick and Susan S. Hendrick (Eds.). Family Observational Coding Systems. Patricia K. Kerig and Kristin M. Lindahl (Eds.). Families and Change: Coping With Stressful Events and Transitions (2nd ed.). Patrick C. McKenry and Sharon J. Price (Eds.). Family, Religion, and Social Change in Diverse Societies. Sharon K. Houseknecht and Jerry G. Pankhurst (Eds.). Nurturing Success: Successful Women of Color and Their Daughters. Essie E. Lee. Beyond Gender Differences: Adaptation to Aging in Life Course Perspective. Laurie Russell Hatch. Becoming a Family: Parents' Stories and Their Implications for Practice, Policy, and Research. Rena D. Harold, Lisa G. Colarossi, Lucy R. Mercier, Patricia Stow Bolea, Carol R. Freedman‐Doan, Susan A. Lynch, Margaret L. Palmiter, and Jacquelynne S. Eccles. The Ties That Bind: Perspectives on Marriage and Cohabitation. Linda J. Waite (Ed.).     

Classic Book Reviews: The Past Revived

Middletown: A Study in Modern American Culture. R. S. Lynd & H. M. Lynd. Predicting Success or Failure in Marriage. E. W. Burgess & L. S. Cottrell, Jr. Family, Socialization and Interaction Process. T. Parsons & R. F. Bales. The Social Psychology of Groups. J. W. Thibaut & H. H. Kelley. Husbands and Wives. Dynamics of Married Living. R. O. Blood & D. M. Wolfe. World Revolution and Family Patterns. W. J. Goode. Blue‐Collar Marriage. M. Komarovsky. Emerging Conceptual Frameworks in Family Analysis. F. I. Nye & F. M. Berardo (Eds.). Family and Social Network(2nd ed.). E. Bott. The Future of Marriage. J. S. Bernard. All Our Kin: Strategies for Survival in a Black Community. C. B. Stack. Children of the Great Depression. G. H. Elder. Inside the Family: Toward a Theory of Family Process. D. Kantor & W. Lehr. A Treatise on the Family. G. S. Becker.     

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Book Reviewed in this article: Beavers, W. Robert. Psychotherapy and growth: A family systems perspective. Clanton, G. & Smith, L. G. Jealousy. Erickson, Gerald D. & Hogan, Terrence P. Family Therapy—An introduction to theory and technique. Scanzoni, John H. The black family in modern society. Sholevar, G. Pirooz, (Ed.). Changing sexual values and the family. Stein, Edward V., (Ed.). Fathering: Fact or Fable? Sugar, Max (Ed.). The adolescent in group and family therapy.     

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Families at Work: Expanding the Bounds, Naomi Gerstel, Dan Clawson, & Robert Zussman (Eds.). Nashville, TN: The Package Deal: Marriage, Work, and Fatherhood in Men's Lives. Nicholas W. Townsend. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Inside the American Couple: New Thinking, New Challenges. Marilyn Yalom & Laura L. Carstensen (Eds.); Estelle Freedman & Barbara Gelpi (Consulting Eds.). My Baby's Father: Unmarried Parents and Paternal Responsibility. Maureen R. Waller. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 2002. Invisible Caregivers: Older Adults Raising Children in the Wake of HIV/AIDS. Daphne Joslin (Ed.). Perfectly Japanese: Making Families in an Era of Upheaval. Merry Isaacs White. Berkeley: University of California Press. 2000. The Decline of Substance Use in Young Adulthood: Changes in Social Activities, Roles, and Beliefs. Jerald G. Bachman, Patrick M. O'Malley, John E. Schulenberg, Lloyd D. Johnston, Alison L. Bryant, & Alicia C. Merline. Mahwah, NJ: Remaking Chinese America: Immigration, Family and Community, 1940–1965. Xiaojian Zhao. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.     

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The Black Family: Essays and Studies (6th edition). Robert Staples (Ed). Premarital Prediction of Marital Quality or Breakup: Research, Theory, and Practice. Thomas B. Holman. Growing Up Protestant: Parents, Children, and Mainline Churches. Margaret Lamberts Bendroth. Family and Community in Ireland. Conrad M. Arensberg & Solon T. Kimball (with a new introduction by Anne Byrne, Ricca Edmondson, & Tony Varley). America's Childcare Problem: The Way Out. Suzanne W. Helburn & Barbara R. Bergmann. Marriage: Just a Piece of Paper? Katherine Anderson, Don Browning, & Brian Boyer (Eds.). Women, Work, and Family: Balancing and Weaving. Angela Hattery. Starting at Home: Caring and Social Policy. Nel Noddings. Putting Work in Its Place: A Quiet Revolution. Peter Meiksins & Peter Whalley.     

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Handbook of Family Measurement Techniques. John Touliatos, Barry F. Perlmutter, and Murray A. Straus. Handbook of Family Development and Intervention. William Nichols, Mary Anne Pace‐Nichols, Dorothy Becvar, and Augustus Napier (Eds.). Celebrating the Family: Ethnicity, Consumer Culture and Family Ritual. Elizabeth Pleck. Making Babies, Making Families: What Matters Most in an Age of Reproductive Technologies, Surrogacy, Adoption, and Same Sex and Unwed Parents. Mary Lyndon Shanley. Black Working Wives: Pioneers of the American Family Revolution. Bart Landry. Elder Abuse in the Family: An Interdisciplinary Model for Research. Frances Merchant Carp. Parental Grief: Narratives of Loss and Relationship. Paul C. Rosenblatt.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Carter, B. and McGoldrick, M. (Eds.). The changing family life cycle: A framework for family therapy
Falicov, C. J. (Ed.). Family transitions: Continuity and change over the life cycle.
Walters, M., Carter, E., Papp, P. and Silverstein, O. The invisible web: Gender patterns in family relationships.
Luepnitz, D. A. The family interpreted: Feminist theory in clinical practice.
Jacob, Theodore. Family interaction and psychopathology: Theories, methods, and findings.
Napier, Augustus Y. The fragile bond: In search of an equal, intimate and enduring marriage.
Solomon, Marion F. Narcissism and intimacy: Love and marriage in an age of confusion.
Fishman, H. Charles & Rosman, Bernice L. (Eds.). Evolving models for family change: A volume in honor of Salvador Minuchin.
Toman, W Family therapy and sibling position.
Hoopes, M. M. & Harper, J. M. Birth order roles and sibling patterns in individual and family therapy.
Kahn, M. D. & Lewis, K. G. (Eds.) Siblings in therapy.
Liddle, H. A., Breunlin, D. C. & Schwartz, R. C. (Eds.). Handbook of family therapy training and supervision.
Weeks, Gerald R., & Hof, Larry (Eds.). Integrating sex and marital therapy.     

REVIEWS

PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Goldenberg, I., & Goldenberg, H. (1991). Family therapy: An overview
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Horne, A. N., & Passmore, J. L. (Eds.). (1991). Family counseling and therapy
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Nichols, M. P., & Schwartz, R. C. (1991). Family therapy: Concepts and methods
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Hurvitz, N., & Straus, R. A. (1991). Marriage and family therapy: A sociocognitive approach.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Ducan B. L., solovey, A. D., & Rusk, G. S. (1992) Changing the rules: A client-directed approach to therapy.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Geller, J. (1992). Breaking destructive pattersn: Multiple strategies for treating partner abuse.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Cirillo, S., & DiBlasio, P. (1992). Families that abuse: Diagnosis and therapy.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Shenson, H. L. (1990). How to develop and promote successful seminars and workshops: The definitive guide to creating and marketing seminars, workshops, classes, and conferences.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Hudson, P. O. & O'Hanlon, W. H. (1991). Rewriting love stories: Brief marital therapy.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Loriedo, C., & Vella, G. (1992). Paradox and the family system.
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Anton, L. H. (1992). Never to be a mother.
SELF-HELP BOOKS: West, M. G. (1992). If only were a better mother.
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Burton, L. A. (Ed.). (1992). Religion and the family: When God helps.
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Hare-Mustin, R. T., & Marecek, J. (Eds.). (1990). Marking a difference: Psychology and the construction of gender.
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Gilligan, C., Rogers, A., & Tolman, D. (Eds.). (1991). Women, girls, and psychotherapy: Reframing resistance.
SOFTWARE: What a Family , 1.0. (1991). (Family-exploration software.)Ecola Design, P.O. Box 13402, Portland, OR, 97213, IBM, $29.00.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Weeks, Gerald R. & L'Abate, Luciano. Paradoxical psychotherapy: Theory and practice with individuals, couples, and families.
Kempler, Walter. Experiential psychotherapy within families.
Kempler, Walter. Experiential psychotherapy within families.
Box, Sally, Copley, Beta, Magagna, Jeanne and Moustaki, Errica (Eds.). Psychotherapy with families: An analytic approach.
Capra, Fritjof. The turning point: Science, society and the rising culture.
Wolberg, Louis & Aronson, Marvin (Eds.). Group and family therapy, 1981.
Green, Robert J. & Framo, James L. (Eds.). Family therapy: Major contributions.
Wile, Daniel B., Couples therapy: A nontraditional approach.
Willi, Jürg. Couples in collusion.
Becvar, Raphael J. & Becvar, Dorothy Stroh. Systems theory and family therapy: A primer.
Pinney, E. G. & Slipp, S. Glossary of group and family therapy.
Brown, Kristi (Ed.). Family counseling: An annotated bibliography.
Glick, Ira D., Weber, David H., Rubinstein, David & Patten, John T. Family therapy and research: An annotated bibliography.
Olson, David H. & Markoff, Roxanne (Eds.).Inventory of marriage and family literature.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Tiefer, L. (1995). Sex is not a natural act and other essays. PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Carr, A. (1995). Positive practice: A step-by-step guide to family therapy. PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Read, J. (1995). Counseling for fertility problems. PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Roy, R., & Frankel, H. (1995). How good is family therapy? A reassessment. PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Kaslow, F. (1995). Projective genogramming. PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Held, B. S. (1995). Back to reality: A critique of postmodern theory in psychotherapy. PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Fontes, L. A. (Ed.). (1995). Sexual abuse in nine north American cultures. GENERAL INTEREST BOOK: Bor, R., & Elford, J. (Eds.). (1994). The family and HIV. SELF-HELP BOOKS: Wassil-Grimm, C. (1994). Where's daddy? How divorced, single, and widowed mothers can provide what's missing when dad's missing. SELF-HELP BOOKS: Block J. (1994). Family myths: Living our roles, betraying ourselves. VIDEOTAPE REVIEW: The Psychological Residuals of Slavery. (1995). (Videotape presenting emotional and behavioral consequences of historical enslavement on contemporary African Americans).     

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ABSTRACT

A PASSAGE TO THE HEART: WRITINGS FROM FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN FROM CHINA. Klatzkin, Amy (Ed.). Saint Paul, MN: Yeong & Yeong Book Co., 1999, 341 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-9638472-2-8, $19.95. Reviewed by Patricia Irwin Johnston.

I WISH FOR YOU A BEAUTIFUL LIFE: LETTERS FROM THE KOREAN BIRTH MOTHERS OF AE RAN WON TO THEIR CHILDREN. Dorow, Sara (Ed.). Saint Paul, MN: Yeong & Yeong Book Co., 1999, 135 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-9638472-2-8, $18.95. Reviewed by Patricia Irwin Johnston.

PARENTS AT LAST: CELEBRATING ADOPTION AND THE NEW PATHWAYS TO PARENTHOOD. Peck, Cynthia V. N., and Wendy Wilkinson. New York: Clarkson Potter/Publishers, 1998, 160 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-609-60290-X, $27.50. Reviewed by Patricia Irwin Johnston.

CLINICAL AND PRACTICE ISSUES IN ADOPTION: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ADOPTEES PLACED AS INFANTS AND AS OLDER CHILDREN. Groza, Victor and Karen F. Rosenberg (Eds.). Westport, CT: Praeger, 175 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-275-95816-7, $55.00. Reviewed by Ulrich Mueller.

KINSHIP FOSTER CARE: POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH. Hegar, Rebecca L., and Maria Scannapieco (Eds.). New York: Oxford University Press, Hardcover ISBN 0195109392, $45. Paperback ISBN 0195109406, $19.95. Reviewed by Ulrich Mueller.     

Book Reviews

Family Ties and Aging. Ingrid Arnet Connidis. Halving It All: How Equally Shared Parenting Works. Francine M. Deutsch. The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World Is Still the Least Valued. Ann Crittenden. Public Vows: A History of Marriage and the Nation. Nancy F. Cott. Care Work: Gender, Labor and the Welfare State. Madonna Harrington Meyer, ed. Working Families: The Transformation of the American Home. Rosanna Hertz and Nancy L. Marshall, eds. From Culture Wars to Common Ground: Religion and the American Family Debate (2nd ed). Don S. Browning, Bonnie J. Miller‐McLemore, Pamela D. Couture, K. Brynolf Lyon, and Robert M. Franklin. Gay and Lesbian Parenting. Deborah F. Glazer and Jack Drescher (eds.). Remaking the Godly Marriage: Gender Negotiation in Evangelical Families. John P. Bartkowski.     

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Review Symposium: Cross‐Cultural Roots of Minority Child Development. P.M. Greenfield & R. R. Cocking (Eds.). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1994. 431 pp. $89.95, $39.95 (paper).

Understanding Practice. S. Chaiklin and J. Lave (Eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. 414 pp. $59.95.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: The Family Farm, and Adoption and Diffusion : Garkovich , Lorraine , Janet L. Bokemeier, and Barbara Foote . Harvest of Hope: Family Farming/Farming Families. The Family Farm, and Adoption and Diffusion : Neth , Mary . Preserving the Family Farm: Women, Community, and the Foundations of Agribusiness in the Midwest, 1900–1940. The Family Farm, and Adoption and Diffusion : Rikoon , J. Sanford . Rachel Calofs Story: Jewish Homesteader on the Northern Plains. The Family Farm, and Adoption and Diffusion : Rogers , Everett M. Diffusion of Innovations. Community Issues : Bryden , John M. (ed.). Towards Sustainable Rural Communities: The Guelph Seminar Series. Community Issues : Urry , John . Consuming Places. Community Issues : Burdge , Rabel J. A Conceptual Approach to Social Impact Assessment: Collection of Writings. International Issues : Barry , Tom . Zapata's Revenge: Free Trade and the Farm Crisis in Mexico. International Issues : Hyndman , David . Ancestral Rain Forests and the Mountain of Gold: Indigenous Peoples and Mining in New Guinea. International Issues : Santiago -Valles , Kelvin A. “Subject People” and Colonial Discourses: Economic Transformation and Social Disorder in Puerto Rico, 1898–1947. International Issues : Barker , J. I. Hans (ed.). Sustainability and International Rural Development. Environment and Natural Resources : Leff , Enríque . Green Production: Toward an Environmental Rationality. Environment and Natural Resources : Hazelrigg , Lawrence . Cultures of Nature: An Essay on the Production of Nature. Other Issues : Lindstrom , Fred B., Ronald A. Hardert and Laura L. Johnson (eds.). Kimball Young on Sociology in Transition, 1912–1968: An Oral Account by the 35th President of the ASA. Other Issues : Roe , Emery . Narrative Policy Analysis: Theory and Practice.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Berg, I. K. (1994). Family based services: A solution-focused approach. Cole, R. E., & Reiss, D. (Eds.). (1993). How do families cope with chronic illness? Rolland, J.S. (1994). Families, illness, and disability: An integrative treatment model. Golden, H., & Goldenberg, I. (1994). Counseling today's families (2nd ed.). O'Farrell, T.J. (Ed.). Treating alcohol problems: Marital and family interventions. Hydén, M. (1994). Woman battering as marital act: The construction of a violent marriage. Bepko, C., & Krestam, J. (1993). Singing at the top of our lungs: Women, love, and creativity. Garrity, C. B., & Barris, M. A. (1994). Caught in the middle: Protecting the children of high-Conflict divorce. Midgley, J., & Midgley S., (1992). A decision to love: A marriage preparation program. Schaefer, C. E., & DiGeronimo, T. F. (1994). How to talk to your kids about really important things: Specific questions, answers and useful things to say. Directions in Marriage and Family Therapy. (1993). Authors: D. A. Bagarozzi & F. Flach.