Judith Wallerstein,
The Consequences of Divorce

Judith Wallerstein, PhD, is an authority on the effects of divorce on children and their families. She is senior lecturer emerita at the University of California at Berkeley and founder of the Judith Wallerstein Center for the Family in Transition in California, a major center for research, education, and counseling for families in separation, divorce, and remarriage. Findings from her groundbreaking investigations have been widely published in scientific journals and lay publications and presented worldwide to community groups and meetings of medical, legal, and mental health professionals. Her books include Surviving the Breakup: How Children and Parents Cope with Divorce, written with Joan B. Kelly. Subsequent bestsellers include Second Chances: Men, Women and Children a Decade After Divorce, written with Sandra Blakeslee, and The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: A 25-Year Landmark Study, written with Julia Lewis and Sandra Blakeslee. Her latest work, a guide for divorcing parents, is What About the Kids? Raising Children Before, During and After Divorce, written with Sandra Blakeslee. She has received numerous awards from national medical, psychological, and legal groups and from legislative bodies.