Divorce Does Hurt Kids: The Research Doesn't Begin to Tell the Whole Story.

Dr. Daniel Meola is an adult child of divorce who earned his Ph.D. in Theology of Marriage and Family from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Washington, D.C. He has been leading retreats and support groups for adult children of divorce or separation since 2015 in the Archdiocese of Washington, and in 2018 he founded Life-Giving Wounds to spread the retreat, support groups, and other ministry to adult children of divorce or separation around the country.

Bethany Meola is a stay-at-home mom with a master of theological studies degree from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Washington, D.C. She and Dan met there and married in 2011. Bethany served the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for seven years in the Secretariat of Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth. Among other tasks, she managed the website For Your Marriage, and researched and wrote on various topics related to marriage and family. In 2017, Dan and Bethany welcomed their daughter Zelie-Louise through the gift of adoption, and Bethany became a stay-at-home mom. And in 2019, Grace joined their family, also through adoption. Bethany assists with many of the behind-the-scenes operations of Life-Giving Wounds.

March workshop in Houston:
www.ilovestellamaris.org/family-healing

Spring virtual support group:
www.lifegivingwounds.org/onlinespringsupportgroup

Dr Morse's book Love and Economics:
http://www.ruthinstitute.org/store/ruth-books/love-and-economics-it-takes-a-family-to-raise-a-village-paperback

Dr Morse's book The Sexual State:
http://www.ruthinstitute.org/store/ruth-books/the-sexual-state

Jennifer Johnson's book Marriage and Equality:
http://www.ruthinstitute.org/store/ruth-books/marriage-and-equality

Leila Miller's Primal Loss: Adult Children of Divorce Speak:
http://www.ruthinstitute.org/store/other-books/primal-loss

The Ruth Institute Survivor Series pamphlet, Children of Divorce:
http://www.ruthinstitute.org/store/pamphlets-and-booklets/children-and-divorce-pamphlet-1

The Ruth Institute Survivor Series pamphlet, Children of Same-Sex parents:
http://www.ruthinstitute.org/store/pamphlets-and-booklets/children-and-same-sex-parenting-pamphlet

The Ruth Institute Survivor Series pamphlet, Children of Assisted Reproduction:
http://www.ruthinstitute.org/store/pamphlets-and-booklets/children-and-donor-conception-and-assisted-reproduction

Playlist of "Truth According to Ruth" which deals with why kids need their parents:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSi2OoPf_APssJuC0KQhgOfBwSv28iTVE

Playlist from our 2019 Summit for Survivors of the Sexual Revolution on Survivors of Divorce:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSi2OoPf_APuypDyGiMZEfFy4kDijoO9S