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Forgiving Our Parents
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Jen Abbas and Elizabeth Marquardt talk about forgiving their parents for the divorces.
Show Notes
About the Guest
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Today on the broadcast, Jen Abbas, author of the book Generation Ex, and Elizabeth Marquardt, director of the Center for Marriage and Families at the Institute for American Values, talk about forgiving their parents for the divorces that catapulted them as children into a strange new world often difficult to navigate or understand.
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Elizabeth Marquardt
Elizabeth Marquardt is the director of the Center for Marriage and Families at the Institute for American Values, a nonpartisan think tank focused on children, families, and civil society. Her essays and op-ed pieces have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and elsewhere. She lives in Chicago with her husband and two children.
Jen Abbas
Jen Abbas is an adult child of divorce who has dedicated herself to discovering how children of divorce can change the patterns of their past.
Jen Abbas and Elizabeth Marquardt talk about forgiving their parents for the divorces.
Episodes in this Series
The Sleeper Effect of Divorce
Elizabeth and Jen talk about how their parents' divorce has affected them throughout their lives and continues to affect them today.
