In today’s society, divorce has become a norm in our lives. Married couples today are getting a divorce due to many different reasons, either because of conflicts in the marriage, lost of romantic feelings, a spouse committing an affair, and other type of marriage problems. Most of these divorced couples have children that are very young and due to their age, have no idea on how to deal with an event like a divorce. These children will have to learn to deal with their parent’s divorce at such a young age, affecting them in a positive or negative way. The effects of recent enlargement in divorce rates are negative effects.
Abstract Divorce is painful and confusing for children. How a parent handles it determines a lot about how the child will be affected, both today and tomorrow. After a parents’ divorce children are the primary concern. These concerns have derived from research evidence that divorce has many costs to them. Research reveals that balanced against the benefits that might derive from the end of a parents’ conflicted marriage, children often pay the price of a significantly reduced standard of living, emotional pain, and the loss of important parenting relationships in the immediate aftermath of divorce.
Abstract Divorce have many effects on children. Children are the most affected due to having to make difficult decisions in their lives. Divorce affects children of all ages, races, and sex. Divorce affects children educationally, emotionally, and psychologically. Males and females show their emotional feelings accordingly to how they would like to express their feelings.
Then we will see how divorce affects children spiritually. The traditional lifestyle of living with both parents and being a family is almost rare in today’s society. Divorce is a very tragic situation especially when it involves children. Children undergo different changes in their lives as a result to divorce. Sometimes the effects of divorce can be short or long term consequences.
Some kids feel betrayed by their separated parents. Miscommunication between parents and kids enters the relationship. They feel they have to take care of themselves, to put matter in their own hands. These effects damages kids, and most often Children whose parents have divorced are more and more the targets of abuse. These abuse often lead to low self-esteem and in some extreme cases
In a divorce situation most persons had a changed lifestyle and it can affect mainly young children and person now entering the adolescent stage. Divorce tends to intensify the child's dependence and it tends to accelerate the adolescent's independence; it often stimulates a more relapsing response in the child and a more violent response in the adolescent. For some persons, divorce shakes trust in dependency on parents who now behave in an extremely undependable way. They surgically divide the family unit into two different households between which the child must learn to transit back and forth, for a while creating unfamiliarity, instability, and insecurity, never being able to be with one parent without having to be apart from the other. As the functionalist state, the family is like an organism, containing different parts, each of which must work together for the well-being and equilibrium of the organism.
Children exposed to IPV are also likely to be victims of child maltreatment, as there is a high co-occurrence of both types of violence. According to this study, the children are the main factor on the reason why the mother stays in the relationship with her abusive husband. Even though they are having a hard time, just to keep the family intact however, the mothers have guilt feelings due to putting their children in that kind of stress. Other respondents thought of leaving their partners and calling
For this reason, dysfunctional families are more likely to bring up a future juvenile delinquent. The rise in general and violent crime parallels the rise in dysfunctional families. Families are thought to be dysfunctional when misbehavior, conflict, and regular abuse from individual members occur on a constant basis, and are leading other family members to allow such actions to continue on. Children often grow up in these families with the understanding that such a layout is normal, for it is all they have known. Dysfunctional families are often a result of single parent adults, that may also be affected by addictions, such as substance abuse.
Based on the results of the study a direct correlation between children from divorced homes and lower test scores can be seen, when compared to families without divorce. Based on evidence through research the impact of divorce on children under the age of 18 is evident. The negative responses may vary based on age or sex but evidence supports the claim that divorce does cause a negative response in children and that response also leads to lower academic success. Divorce has become a common occurrence in the lives of many families, including many families with children under
The purpose of this paper is to provide research that illuminates that various facets of impact upon a child with the demise of a marriage. Relationships with parents and sibling are all pivotal in the life of a child. The ultimate end to a marriage is tragic and its affect ripples throughout the lives connected to that couple. Chaos and stress, probably feelings that have been prevalent for some time prior to divorce, ensue and impact the now divided family unit. Children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of divorce.