PEDIATRICS Vol. 60 No. 1 July 1977, pp. 20-27
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Children in Divorce: Intervention in the Phase of Separation

Andre P. Derdeyn M.D.1

1 Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville

Divorce of their parents can create difficulties for the development of young children. The ability of children to integrate the various losses involved in the breaking up of a family is impeded by limitations of their cognitive understanding of events taking place during the separation phase. Because their thinking process is as yet immature, children often feel responsible for the divorce, and they otherwise distort the meaning of the events about them. The pediatrician can often guide and encourage parents to facilitate their children's understanding and acceptance of the changes in their lives.

Submitted on July 26, 1976
Accepted on December 8, 1976