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Are the days of the nasty split over? For the sake of the kids, some exes spend holidays together and bring along their new partners. Pass the tolerance, plea.毛边
Randy and Susan, of Lake Charles, La, divorced in 2008, but they are far from sworn enemies. They're among a fast growing number of divorced morns and dads who spend holidays together so the kids don't have to choo between parents or shuttles back and forth.
In a dramatic change from the traditional bitterness of divorce, many parted parents are doing their best to be cordial, even warm, especially on the most important days of the year.
"Americans **e to view divorce as a natural experience." With mediation instead of litigation now available or required in 37 states, more couples than ever are splitting up without acrimony. "It's a a change," says Raoul Felder, a New York divorce attorney who took part in many of the most high profile and nasty breakups of the 1980s and 1990s. In the past, says Felder, divorce was about anger and revenge. Now, he says, a divorce is more likely to involve apprairs than private investigators.
Experts say that by coming together, divorced parents provide a more stable and healthy environment for their kids. A decade ago the lingering animosity between Anne Browning and her ex-husband nearly ruined the holidays. The children would spend Christmas morning with Dad in Arizona, then catch a flight to Chicago for dinner with Morn. "It was hard," says Molly Mackin, the middle child, now 29. Times have changed. This year Molly and her husband, John, hosted Thanksgiving at their home near Sacramento, Calif, for everyone: her parents, her dad's wife and her mom's husband. The anger was gone. Browning, 54, says of her ex: "He was a different person then, and so was I."
c指针 Such displays of gallantry were far rarer before 1969, when California Gov. Ronald Reagan signed the nation's first taw permitting no-fault divorce. No-fault — which allows parents to split up without having to declare war — has become the norm rather than the exception. Mediation has also been on the ri: 13 states require it for divorces involving children, and 24 others allow judges to order it in almost any ca they e fit.2是什么数
Plenty of parents already know firsthand what's at stake for their kids, especially Gen-Xers, who grew up in a society where one out of every two marriages ended in divorce. They remember the restraining orders and midnight screaming matches that marred their own childhoods, and vow to spare their children similar turmoil. "Watching my parents go to war gave me a great model of what not to follow," says Jeff Thomas, 41, an organization consultant in Arizona.
Another big change is the greater role played by today's dads in the raising of their kids. Fathers who share in the parenting during marriage expect nothing less after divorce. "It never would have occurred to me to not parent my daughter" says Guy Regal, 39, an art and antiques dealer in Manhattan who es his 6-year-old five days a week.
Although rearchers like Ahrons have known for years that how parents' divorce matters even more than the divorce itlf, some parents still have trouble not putting their children in the middle of conflict.
睡觉近义词 Even when parents t aside their negative emotions to give their children a happy holiday, it isn't always easy. There is still no cure-all medicine for the pain of divorce. Randy admits that on more than one occasion after he and Susan first split, he slipped away from the table to have a good cry alone in the bedroom, grieving for the irreparable fissure in his family. "You don't long for the other person"; he says. "It's about belonging to a You long for **pleteness." Even for amicably divorced people like Randy and Susan, the ghosts of dashed dreams linger.
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1. By saying "Pass the tolerance, plea." (Para.1), the author meansA. divorced parents should be tolerant. B. exes should spare their children the quarrels. C. kids with divorced morns and dads should be tolerant. D. children should understand their parted parents.
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2. The example of Randy and Susan is to showA. divorce is no longer bitter among many American couples. B. children in disrupted families don't have to choo between their morns and dads. C. more and more parents split up peacefully and spend holidays together with their children. D. breakups of the 1980s and the 1990s were full of anger and revenge.
3. Which of the following statements does NOT contain a metaphor?A. It's a a change. (Para.3) B. Now, he says, a divorce is more likely to involve apprairs than private investigators. (Para.3) C. There is still no cure-all medicine for the pain of divorce. (Para.9) D. Even for amicably divorced people like Randy and Susan, the ghosts of dashed dreams linger. (Para.9)
