Breaking the Cycle of Divorce Pat Love, EdD, Kathleen McFadden This mother/daughter team talk frankly about breaking the legacy of divorce - using the latest research, as well as hard-earned personal experience - they describe the victories and challenges facing marriage educators. How to Avoid Marrying a Jerk John Van Epp, PhD Adult children-of-divorce face a substantially higher risk of their own marriage failing. Changing this sad legacy requires changes in courtship knowledge and practice. The Relationship Attachment Model (RAM) provides a continuity plan - a way to build intimacy in courtship that will carry through to a stable, sexy, successful, til-death-do-we-part kind of marriage.