美国家庭的结构正在迅速变化着。在60年代,有60%的美国家庭属于传统型家庭,即有两位家长、2～3个孩子。如今,这类家庭所占的比例仅为7%,而离异家庭的比例却越来越高,致使许多儿童生活在单亲家庭之中。家庭离异给孩子带来了巨大的痛苦,而最易受伤害的往往是那些年幼的儿童。当这些孩子最需要父母的爱与支持时,他们的父母却很少能从感情上给予满 The structure of the American family is rapidly changing. In the 1960s, 60% of American families belonged to traditional families, that is, two parents and two or three children. Today, only 7% of these families make up the proportion of divorced families, leaving many children living in single-parent families. Family divorce has brought great pain to children, while the most vulnerable are those young children. When these children need the love and support of their parents most, their parents seldom give emotionally