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Page 6 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1980 Appearing Iviv*; FRIDAY & SATURDAY BEER GARDEN Dus Week RON THURSDAY * ca v ^° CRICK $20° 4410 College Main 846-9438 Shift in attitude responsible Divorces now commonplace j&MSC AGGIE CINEMAimm ! R #•••» ••••> • •••« PIRANHACON I •••••• • A. ; ; S I _ ..*••• ••••« •••*« •••»« ••••« FEATURING THE FOLLOWING NON-AWARD-WINNING FILMS: ••••*- •••— #•••— ••••- ••••- ••••- »•••• ••••»* •• MUSCLE BEACH PARTY - PIRAHNA - SGT. PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - MOTHRA - I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF - 9 P.M. 11 P.M. 12:45 A.M. 3:00 4:50 A.M. FRIDAY, MAY 2 — GROVE ONLY 50C TO SEE AS MANY AS YOU CAN STAND •••• •••••• •*•••• •*•••• *••••• *••••• •••••* *••••• *••••• •••••# •••••• -•••• -•••• -•••9 -•••• ::::i by CATHY L. BREWER Special to the Battalion Divorce. Immunization against it has worn off . Gone are the days when it only happened to Hollywood stars and starlets. Television has traded the calm, domestic bliss of “Father Knows Best” for the chaotic “broken home” of “One Day At A Time.” Men and women now divorce without stigma and without jeopar dizing their jobs or careers — even in such sensitive fields as politics or the ministry. Why has this happened? A great deal of the change can be attributed to a shift in public attitude about the definition of the family. Bryan attorney Elmer McVey said better job opportunities for women have helped change this attitude. “The woman doesn’t have to feel trapped in a marriage anymore be cause of limited financial resources, ” he said. “But this pursuit of personal “F'or a long time, marriage counseling was considered help ful only if it kept an ailing mar riage intact, ” said Dr. Felice Klein, a Bryan marriage and family counselor. “But many marriages can t and shouldn t be saved. If a doctor finds that a diseased kidney can’t be re paired, he may remove it in order to save the patient’s life. 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Currently 20 percent of fami lies with children are maintained by one parent, and a U.S. Census Bureau report estimates 45 percent of all children born in any given year will live with only one of their pa rents at some time before they are 18. Teresa Schindler of the Austin Bureau of Vital Statistics said in Bra zos County, 204 couples with chil dren were granted divorces in 1979. A child’s reaction to a divorce may differ depending on his age. Dr. Felice Klein, a Bryan marriage and family counselor, said the most diffi cult age for a child is 5 or 6. “At this age the child is very attached to the parent of the opposite sex,” she ex plained. “The removal of this parent can be detrimental to the child’s phy sical and mental development.” Klein said the role of the marriage and family counselor has gone through many changes in the last 10 years. “For a long time marriage counsel ing was considered helpful only if it kept an ailing marriage intact,” she said. “But many marriages can’t and shouldn’t be saved. If a doctor finds that a diseased kidney can’t be re paired, he may remove it in order to save the patient’s life. The kidney is lost, but the treatment is a success. And so it is with marriage coun seling.” Klein said the marriage and family counselor has also taken on a new role, that of divorce counseling. If during the process of counseling, the couple decides not to stay together, the therapist will continue to see them during and after the divorce. “This goes hand in hand with mar riage counseling nowadays,” she said. The third and most important change in counseling is the increased concern for the children involved in divorced families. Children are en couraged to air their problems in stead of bottling them up. But professional therapists are not the only ones showing increased con cern. Schools, at one time reluctant to become involved with the child’s family life, are now show concern for the child outside) the classroom. The McLean Institute for Stliol Consultation in Belmont, Mass, teaches school personnel to deal will the special problems and needs j children from divorced families, Peggy White, a counselor at Brjii High School, said the CollegeSti tion and Bryan school systems at not involved in any specialized trail ing program of this nature. “But»[ do see our share of students froi split families,” she said. The most popular image of tit child from a split home seems toll the bully, the child who is constant! getting into trouble at school. Ernie Wentrcek, chief juvenii officer for Brazos County, saystli description is not far from the tml: “A significant percentage of tit kids I see who have been in son kind of trouble have come froms] homes,” he said. “I see a deft] correlation.” Wentrcek supervises two counsel ing groups for these children: ateeit age survival program and aprogra Easily swayed by from either parent, childrens!! «>nsid often torn between which pml they want to live with. “Enchpt rent tries to bribe the Bryan attorney Elmer AMej said. “A father might tell his li year-old daughter that he nil get her a car and she can stayk on dates as late as she wants jus so she will stay with him.“ for runaway and truancy cases. He juvenile office on April 7 beganoffti ing a family counseling program. Children involved in custody bat ties are the most torn. McVey cal this the “loyalty dilemma.” Easily swayed by appeals either parent, children are often ton between which parent they wantl) live with. ooooooooooooooooo SKYWAY TWIN 2000 E. 29th 822-3300; “Each parent tries to bribe child,” McVey said. “A father m tell his 16-year-old daughter thatk will get her a car and she can stay oil on dates as late as she wants just» she will stay with him.” . WEST V.Vu 7;30 LOVE AT FIRST BITE ALSO AT 9:15 6-PACK ANNIE McVey said women’s liberatioi has changed the courts. “Women wanted to be equal, nbw they are,” he said. “The h‘ces?T serjudfices? I read of a judge in Worth who has awarded 25 perceil of his custody cases to the husband this past year.” EAST 7:30 KILL OR BE KILLED ALSO AT 9:15 BUCKSTONE COUNTY © PRISON oooooooooooooooooo Section 14.01 of the revised Tesn Family Code states that in determb ing with which parent to place tb child, the court shall consider i qualifications of the respective rents without regard to the sex of (If parent. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ MANOR EAST MIDNIGHT MOVIES Friday and Saturday ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooo § MANOR EAST 3 MANOR EAST MALL 823-8300 McVey said if the child is 14 of older, the judge will consider hisoi her desires, but this alone does determine the outcome. Recently, couples have turned to joint custody to avoid painful custodj fights. Eight states, includingTexai! have joint custody provisions. College Station attorney Mike Hoelscher said joint custody was not allowed in Texas until September 1979. He has had one case of joint custody. Nancy Hawtrey of the Bryan law firm, Seymour, Hawtrey & Hankins said joint custody is virtually » heard of in this area. “Joint custody is a new thing. This is a conservative area. People dont branch out and try new things.” she said. McVey is skeptical of joint cus tody. “How can a parent or a judge allow this to happen to a child?” he asked “The father has the kid for one month, the mother for the next, then the father again. Can you imagine the confusion the child would have? It would be like going through their parents’ divorce a hundred times, ! And so the struggle goes on. 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