Divorce affects each member of the family which children experience it differently. Parents should sit down with their children and discuss the situation, but not going into detail, that would give mixed feelings towards the parent that is in fault. Even though parents are getting a divorce, they still are the most important people in a child’s life. Children tend to feel lonely, depressed, and rejected because of the situation. Children’s emotions, feelings, and how they cope with depends on how the parents display their coping skills (Lewis, 1999).
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.
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.
The Impact of Divorce on Children Tasha Hires PSYC 210-B10 Liberty University Abstract How do children react to divorce? In most recent times, the impact of divorce on children has emerged as a problem of concern. Divorce may be the most devastating situation that can happen to children. Studies have revealed that 50 percent of children under the age of 18 will experience the dissolution of their parent’s marriage. Divorce affects children both mentally and physically, and is also based on the child’s age, personality and gender.
Factors such as length of the marriage, why the break down, substance abuse, repeat cycles from family of origin, whether there are children, among many other factors, can all influence the issues and how they impact people embroiled in separation or divorce. Due to the required length of the paper, I concentrated on Parents and Children’s issues, however I will look at other areas affected today during my presentation. PARENTS I think that Ann Mitchell in her book Coping with Separation and Divorce sums it up quite well - “Unbelievably, at one fell swoop, you have lost your spouse, your status, your hopes, the framework of your daily life and – possibly – your home and/or your children. You have lost companionship and maybe you have lost in-laws and friends” (Mitchell, 86:14) in my sleep i dreamed you called. you said you were moving back with your old lover.
IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN Impact of Divorce on Children Rebbecca Jackson Student #25417435 Prof. Kristi Starnes PSYC 210-B16 Abstract The decision to divorce carries a great burden upon the hearts of the adults involved. The focus on the separation of two adults can seemingly take center stage as the process is worked through. Often overlooked is the impact it has upon the smallest sufferers of the decision- the children. Many factors including age and resiliency can explain why not all children experience divorce in the same way. The effects of divorce can vary greatly depending on numerous factors including age and resiliency factors.
Most kids do not want their parents to divorce. A bad marriage can become worse when kids are involved, especially during a divorce. Kids are always the people in the middle watching and listening even from a distance. The children in a bad divorce case are asked to choose a side if not one would be chosen for them. Some kids feel betrayed by their separated parents.
The point is to make sure that children are happy all the time and not asking ourselves questions. When there is no understanding what so ever between two parents, there is always an argument resulting on violent words and children will learn them from their parents and they will grow up with the habit of being aggressive to other people. Psychologists are just beginning to provide reliable information about the effects of divorce on children. There are a number of important factors. Research shows that the effects depend on the age of the child at the time of divorce.
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
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.