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PDF Paper by AGTS Counseling Student: Divorce and Its Affects on Children Ages 0 through 5 To contact a student, call or email Professor Jim Harris at 417-268-1072 or jharris@agts.edu. (Posted 12/27/2001)

This paper reviews five books whose topics include information and guidelines concerning the affects of divorce on children. Divorce affects children in adverse ways, and the more informed the parent is concerning this the better able they will be to help their child(ren) through the process. Each book is relevant and is intended to help the parents, teachers, and any interested adult to aid the child through the stress of divorce.

PDF Article: Creps, Earl. "How to Have a Terrible Marriage," The Times Record, Brunswick, ME, March 25, 1988 (Posted 10/19/2001)

Abstract: Having spent hundreds of hours working with couples, I've seen enough terrible marriages to test my faith in the institution. But marriage is good because God made it. The problem is that men and women do their marriages so poorly that the relationship sometimes never has a chance. This article supplies some preventive medicine (and hopefully some therapy too) by looking at marriage issues in reverse. The premise is simple: if we understand how marriages become terrible, we can avoid those dynamics and have a good one instead.

PDF Article: _____. "It's Just a Piece of Paper: Look at the three myths—and the truth—about living together," Pentecostal Evangel, August 9, 1992 (Posted 10/19/2001)

Abstract: Millions of people are cohabiting in the United States. They are motivated by a combination of fear, misunderstanding of marriage, and a genuine desire to develop the healthiest relationship possible. Living together seems like the best option to many, a way of testing a relationship before making the ultimate commitment. If only this were true. A marriage license is more than a piece of paper, and marriage is more than legalized cohabitation. This article makes the case for marriage based on experience, research, and Biblical teaching. Living together is simply an inferior relationship.

Web Article: Creps, Earl. "Premarital Coaching," Enrichment, Fall 2001.

Book Review: Harris, Jim. Battling marriage books? Two book recommendations for "troubled marriages and marriages that need a tune-up"—The Marriage Builder, by Larry Crabb, and His Needs, Her Needs, by W.F. Harley.  (Posted 12/21/2001)

Updated: Thursday, August 7, 2003 4:26 PM