The effects of divorce on children might be likened to lighting striking a structure that is already compromised. The results can range anywhere to setting the entire building ablaze to merely putting a few cracks in the foundation. That more and more families are falling into crisis is evident by the demands placed on "help" lines and services which aid families. A Toronto-based "Kids Help" line reported that it receives over 4000 calls daily from stressed …showed first 75 words of 1257 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1257 total…her needs. This, of course, depends on the parents create a workable co-parenting arrangement (Holman, 1997). According to Friedman, concern for the welfare of children has played a negligible role in the issues surrounding divorce legislation (1996). an unintended result of this has been the creation of a structure of indifference (1996). It is an indifference that, as a society, must be addressed in order to insure the well being of the family and, thereby, society ion general.