In researching a Journal of Marriage and Family article on “Consequences of Parental Divorce for Adult Children’s Support of Their Frail Parents,” I found the following references useful in understanding long-term perspectives on parent-child bonds in general. [1-2] Dads Parental divorce is likely to weaken adult children’s relationships with their fathers because most children live with their mothers after parental divorce and men’s bonds to their children usually occur through ties to the children’s mother (Furstenberg & Cherlin, 1991; Townsend, 2002). Once the union dissolves, the bonds between fathers and their children are likely to weaken. [3] Remarriage could weaken… Continue Reading…