Changing Experience of Childhood - Smart, Carol (University of Manchester) a Neale, Bren (University of Leeds) a Wade, Amanda (University of Leeds)

Family life in modern societies is being transformed by high rates of divorce. Such changes have given rise to concerns that the quality of family life for children has deteriorated and that children are damaged by the choices their parents are making. It is possible, however, that children and families are more resilient than this.