[MTV_Networks]

Hi, I’m Alix. Right now I’m working on a documentary about going through a divorce. It’s the craziest hardest experience that people have to go through in life. I’m so lucky that my parents didn’t get divorced. I hope that I never do either. So the documentary we want to make will tell the stories of young couples who are dissolving their unions as well as teens and young adults whose parents are separating. Our goal is to allow viewers to witness the effects of divorce firsthand through the eyes of our participants, providing honest accounts of the emotional and financial strains, issues of custody and visitation, the impact on other family members, and efforts to begin new lives.

I realize that Divorce is an incredibly personal thing to go through and I have such respect for the people we are working with. If anyone wants to hear more about what we are working on and how it is going, please email me at Divorce@mtvn.com . I’d love to get opinions and help and maybe some of you could even participate…

Thanks, Alix

[mcmama]

Alix, I wish you luck with this. It is very difficult, and I am a veteran of a divorce/custody war that lasted 4 years. If you can show what happens to a family when one parent decides to "win" as opposed to dissolve a marriage, remain connected to a family, and everyone cuts their losses, that would really help a lot of people I am sure.

I hope you get some of the folks who fight for "50/50" arrangements but do not have the kind of relationship to sustain the parental availability, flexibility, and ongoing easy communication for these to work. I have often said that for divorced parents to make 50/50 work, they both need to be available 100%. If your show can demonstrate how destructive this is, you could really change how people approach divorce.

And what about the lawyers? Are you showing any of them? Especially the type that tell their clients to not give in because "I can get that for you." or "I can make him/her pay so that you get everything" . It's true that lawyers need to vigorously represent their clients, and often protect them from themselves, or from giving in when it will hurt them later. But some of them have the "winner take all" mentality, and this does not work for families.

I think you are on to something very important here. I hope you find people. Wish you'd been around in 1997, you'd have had a lot of fun with my family!!!! We're too old for you, but I know you will find the right folks. Likely you'll get the kind of people who want "justice" in a divorce court. I am really looking forward to the result of what you do. This discussion needs to be as commonplace as who Trump fires, and why people still think Rupert should have won Survivor. It's not a game, but many people approach it like one. This is a good opportunity for people to really take a look at themselves.

[mcmama]

Hey Alix. whatever happened to this? Are you still looking, or in production?

I'll bet it will be interesting. Let us know when it airs.