This discussion focuses on different views of professionals concerning access of parents and children to one another in the context of divorce. Problems associated with access, children's reactions to parental separation, age-related reactions of children to parental absence, effects of access disputes, why children say what they say in access disputes, and how access arrangements are worked out, are discussed. Concluding remarks describe arrangements suitable for children of differing ages: babies and infants, preschool children, school-age children, and adolescents. Seventeen related references are appended. (RH)