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"Back in October of last year, I wrote a post about Sesame Street and their never-aired Divorce episode. The episode, written in 1992 featured Snuffleupagus reacting to his father leaving the family and his parent&amp;#039;s divorce. Focus groups of children had uniformly bad reactions to the episode, and Sesame Street made the decision not to air it at all.  Well, Sesame Street has now decided to re-tool the episode. First, they changed the main character in the story from Snuffy to their newest character, the upbeat fairy, Abby Cadabby. Maybe Abby&amp;#039;s perky demeanor will make a difference compared to Snuffy&amp;#039;s big, sad eyes. Another key difference will be that Abby will be sharing her story as something that happened in the past. Her family has already experienced the divorce and moved past it, unlike Snuffy, who was experiencing it in real-time. It should be a lot less raw this way, and kids can see that Abby has adjusted well and that she still maintains a good relationship with both parents. The episode will still not be airing on regular TV - instead Sesame Street will be airing it on their website, available for download to parents who&amp;#039;d like to use it as a resource. Sending it to a targeted audience is a key component of their strategy. This time, the focus groups were positive, and the kids seemed to &amp;quot;get it&amp;quot; - Abby&amp;#039;s parents lived in two places, but they both loved her. Leave it to Sesame Street to find a way to make it work. There&amp;#039;s a reason why it&amp;#039;s been on the air for forty-three years and in over one hundred and forty countries. It&amp;#039;s quality programming that addresses the issues that affect our kids with empathy, with compassion, and with a positive outlook to carry them forward. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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