A family is defined as "a fundamental social group in society typically consisting of one or two parents and their children." "Unless I am missing something, the family still exists even after the marriage ends. It is the year 2010 and we still cannot grasp that very simple fact. How much collateral damage must we cause each other, our children and society as a whole just because a marriage is ending? What type of familial relationship is left behind, even though it often still consists of "'two parents and their children'?,"
The stress of a divorce comes second only to the death of a spouse. Mr. Baer pointed out that, "a person can easily find a support group to help cope with the loss and grief caused by the death of a loved one. How often does a friend or family member refer a person going through a divorce to a support group or to a mental health care professional to help the person cope with the loss and grief caused by the death of their marriage? Instead, we encourage people going through such losses to handle their loss and grief in destructive ways by going to war with each other in the courtroom (the family law court)."
"I know one thing for certain. Whatever grief counseling or grief therapy the members of those families could have used before they created this type of collateral damage was minimal compared with the type of mental health care they require after causing such destruction. Unfortunately, most people do not seek out such care and could not afford it any longer because they transferred their financial resources to their attorneys who encouraged such behavior. We are certainly a very enlightened society, aren't we?," commented Mr. Baer.
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