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The Battalion *g«L barel' ou. lUj ns. 1 p:; 'the coni irsi; as can* n fog ci ike it in Vhen lit line in e sno» iers an J. imichel III' ■ I: cisionio d busii ;cl. “Hi it goinj he plai a nen s his sled States I in 1 ilionsim :pW - Lir I ^ w^dh ■alH il It ■<! s, m - i * • resulmj d Aria ntagel ,vith I 4 Danny Coolidge, a petroleum engi neering major from Houston, gets in a little hang time before a run around Hanging around Thursday, February 16, 1984 the aerobics track. Coolidge was stretching his back before running, and he chose this unusual method. Children of divorce wary of marriage, study shows United Press International BERKELEY, Calif. — Chil dren of divorce look back on their childhood with lingering sorrow and are extra cautious before marriage and childbear ing, a 10-year study shows. “Although the greater major ity of those young people today are economically self-support ing or still enrolled in educatio nal programs and are law-abid ing as well as relatively stable in their choice of residence, a sig nificant number share the sense that their childhood and adoles cence were significantly bur dened by the parental divorce,” says Judith Wallerstein, visiting senior lecturer in the University “Overall, these youngsters emerged as young adults that take economic responsibility for themselves,” she said. “Of those still in school, a significant num ber are working at part-time or full-time jobs to support their way. Some youngsters with very wealthy fathers are working their way through the univer sity by a combination of part- time jobs.” Wallerstein interviewed the subjects at several intervals after their parents’ divorces. Her research at the 18- month interval revealed a split between the sexes, with young boys feeling more vulnerable and troubled than the girls in their behavior at school, on the playground and at home. In her latest study, she said, a new pattern was emerging among the young women, many of whom left home after high school graduation to live with older men. “These young women are at tractive, intelligent and, in some instances, highly talented. Yet they are^worried, even despair ing, fearful of being rejected in their search for a man who would care for them and bur dened by an anxiety, which they related directly to their parents’ divorce,” she said. “A few among them were consumed with the anxiety that relationships could not be trusted from minute to min ute,” Wallerstein said. The study did not focus on the significance of who initiated the divorce or how that variable might affect boys and girls dif ferently. Most of those surveyed were eager for monogamous, lasting relationships, but the majority agreed marriage should not be entered into early or hastily. “These young people re mained critical of their parents for having made the mistake of a misguided or foolish mar riage,” the sociologist said. “They were especially critical of their parents for not having rec tified or recognized the mistake before the children were born.” As a result, the young adults favored living with a lover for several years prior to marriage, then waiting a few more year before having children, Wallerstein said. Most of the respondents are from white, middle-class homes in northern California. THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH & STUDENT CENTER Announce CLASSES FOR THOSE INTERESTED in PREPARING FOR CONFIRMATION and/or learning more about the Episcopal Church CLASSES MEET IN THE CHURCH Beginning 8:00 P.M., Sunday Feb. 19 St. Thomas 906 Jersey, College Station (So. 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