Luna Williams English 100 02/10/2014 Just Whom is This Divorce “Good” For? Divorce is a huge topic a lot of parents think about when they feel that there spouse is no longer compatible with them and also the fact that it’s not working out for reason only they will know. It may just be the fact that two people that were deeply in love just feel out of it because of no connection anymore. In the article “Just Whom Is This Divorce” Good” For? Written by Elizabeth Marquart talks about how divorce can cause children even from a good divorce go through it there selves when they get older, children also feel that they are to blame for their parents getting divorced and they lose all interest for other things, there is also a lot of controversy about which parent gets which day can just lead up to a huge custody battle for most.
This can cause feelings of jealousy as they fight for the attention of their parents. It may even make the child have bad behaviour as they feel it is the only way for their parents to notice them. The child may also feel pushed out as other family members who are visiting focus all their attention on to the new baby too. 3) Moving home/school – Changing schools and homes can affect children and young people in different ways. Children who are outgoing and have confidence will find the transition easier as they may make friends and settle in at a faster pace.
Other disadvantages from this situation can be that sometimes a single parent can’t afford expensive holidays which would make the child feel left out when they are talking about events when after coming back from their holidays and are asked to write or tell about what happened during the school holidays. The child will lose their self confidence and moral will be low if all the factors above do occur, they may also get jealous of other children who could be in a better situation because of the financial stability brought by having both the parents being together. Example 2: Children moving form Reception to Juniors most parents and children get worried about how they will fit into new environments, with children older then their own, not knowing how and what is required of them to which can cause both parent and child to feel insecure by not sleeping well and having nightmares, not eating food, and as the time gets closer the child will start to be more clingy towards the parent and vice versa for the parent
The children happen to be staying with their mother throughout the separation, and they are now with their father for the weekend. Since he doesn’t get to see them that often now, he decides to take a day to spend completely with the children and go on a little trip. The father does this because he "wanted to know how they were, is all" (Hempel 1202). They seemed to be doing great on their own, but he just wanted to make sure. During the trip, the father realizes that there is a lot of hostility between the kids.
They feel the need to because no one else will. That line of thought normally comes from having parents who constantly disapprove and ignore their children. They don’t feel like they can escape so some children turn to imaginary friends, others to bad behaviors, and others to self-love, or narcissism. A child being taken away from their parents does more to their mind than anyone can imagine. And children don’t know how to coop so they do the best the can.
Puberty could also make the child become dismissive or make the teenager or child become argumentative with parents or carers. Starting a new school when a child or young person moves school they may start to feel sad upset and lost that they are leaving all their friends behind and may not see them everyday anymore. Moving school could make the child or young person feel nervous because they have to make new friends and could make the child feel anxious because they don’t know what will happen. This could also make the child become shy or dismissive they may start to leave school early try and stay home in the mourning. New siblings When a Child or young person parents have a new baby it could leave the older child feeling like they are not the baby anymore they may feel jealous or even upset because he/she may not be getting as much attention as before, this
This problem is still very apparent today. Parents will run out on their families, and do so much as to commit suicide because they don’t live up to their own expectations, as well as society’s expectations. Also, when children take a different turn from their parents’ wishes for their lives, it develops conflict between parent and child. In “Fences”, Troy exhibits sort of the same behavior towards his children and life itself. Originally, Troy was built to be a baseball player.
Children whose parents divorce will be more likely to be isolated and antisocial than sociable and integrate. If there is no contact with one of the parents, the child misses out on that parent’s knowledge and skills. This is a big loss to the child especially if the only parent in their life has a serious lack in parental
Single mothers and fathers have a hard time raising one child let alone two or three but yet they keep on having child after child. Society’s views on a few things need to change to be able to get the foster care system under control because if families could take care of the kids they had then there would be no problems. I understand there are special circumstances but the number of children in the system is outrageous. I feel like what has led my client to be put into the foster care system is his or her own parents neglect. This could be neglect of just the child or neglect of substances or responsibilities whatever it is they didn’t step up to the plate like they should have when they had they kid and therefore the government did and
Do children raised by homosexual parents have a psychological or sociological difference when compared to those children who are raised by non-homosexual parents? There are many forms that take place when it comes to raising children in same sex homes and many people are not aware of this fact which brings about prejudice as well as discrimination when children are involved in such diversity. It is a concern that the absence of a father in the home is harmful for the children most of which are the sons of the household who need to have a masculine role model in their life for mental and emotional health. According to Carpenter, M. (2007) “children do best with a mother and a father.” However, others see it as fathers do not have to be the only masculine role model in a child’s life. For example, other role models could include uncles, brothers, as well as grandfathers.