ABSTRACT
In this chapter, we will be examining a number of provocative and compelling questions. How do divorced father-daughter relationships differ from those in married families? Why is the daughter’s relationship with her father generally more damaged than the son’s? What are the factors working against their relationship? Which daughters are the most likely to experience their parents’ divorce? What can be done to prevent or to reduce the damage to these father-daughter relationships? But since the father-daughter relationship is affected by the circumstances surrounding the divorce, we begin with these three questions: Why do
most parents divorce? Who usually initiates the divorce? How do mothers and fathers tend to react differently to their divorce?
