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- Steve Nelson
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- "Divorced Kid"
- Summary: America's divorce rate soared in the 1970s. Thirty years later, kids who grew up in the divorce revolution look back at that experience, and describe how it shaped them as adults. The 1970s also offered some lessons on how to improve divorce for kids today.
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Divorced Kid Worked Well on MPR News
Steve Nelson
Posted on November 18, 2009 at 12:16 PM
Divorced Kid is an engaging doc. Sasha Aslanian uses her own experience as a jumping off point to tell us about how divorce affected kids that grew up in the 70s. To be clear, this isn't just a first person story. Rather Aslanian's personal experiences work as a through-line that adds color to the experts who've been studying divorce for decades. She also thoughtfully uses music and movie clips to paint the picture and really take us back to the 70s. Most importantly, it's compelling radio. MPR News got a lot of good feedback on this doc. We aired it a couple of times and will likely air it again. Strong work.