From marriage breakdown to remarriage: parental tasks and therapeutic guidelines

The traditionally defined "normal" family life cycle is changing for the growing number of people who experience the successive stages of marital breakdown, single-parent household, and the eventual remarriage of one or both former spouses. This paper focuses on some of the special needs of families with minor children, in particular the importance of continuity of parenting and the problems typically encountered in moving from marital disintegration to formation of a new marital bond.