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Chapter 24: Assuming New Responsibilities

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Chapter 1: Considering Divorce
Chapter 2: Whom Do You Tell, and Why?
Chapter 3: Reassuring the Children
Chapter 4: Telling the Children
Chapter 5: Buying Presents, Buying Love
Chapter 6: Children Blaming Themselves for the Divorce
Chapter 7: Short Visits
Chapter 8: Creating a Schedule
Chapter 9: Handovers
Chapter 10: Transitions
Chapter 11: Telephoning Home
Chapter 12: Why Not on Thursdays?
Chapter 13: Staying in Touch
Chapter 14: Sharing Dad's Bed
Chapter 15: Two Birthday Parties
Chapter 16: Moving from the Family Home
Chapter 17: Grandparents
Chapter 18: Playing Messenger
Chapter 19: Keeping Secrets from Parents
Chapter 20: Therapists
Chapter 21: Last-Minute Cancellations
Chapter 22: Reading the Agreement
Chapter 23: Individual Time
Chapter 24: Assuming New Responsibilities
Chapter 25: Sleep-Over at Dad's
Chapter 26: Gender Stereotypes
Chapter 27: Fiscal Responsibilities
Chapter 28: Introducing the Significant Other
Chapter 29: Just Like Your Father
Chapter 30: Refusing to Spend Time with a Parent
Chapter 31: Adolescent Dating Anxiety
Chapter 32: The Disappearing Parent?
Chapter 33: Long-Distance Parenting

In which sixteen-year-old Judy wonders how she'll resolve the conflict between her social life and her home life.

Divorce brings many changes in the roles individuals play in the family. This daughter appreciates the opportunity to take on new responsibilities that she feels have helped her become more prepared to be a parent and a self-sufficient adult. Increasingly, however, she feels taken for granted and realizes that her desire for a social life means she can no longer contribute to the household as fully as her mother would like. The commentary looks at ways children can gain self-confidence by making contributions to keeping the household functioning; it also identifies the signs that indicate a child is being overburdened and likely to become resentful.

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