Negative Effects of Divorce on Children

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One of the biggest problems that divorce imposes on children is the sadness of their family breaking up and having to adjust to one parent no longer living in the home. Usually it hurts all the family members, including the children that are very young and do not understand what is happening, but they still feel the loss of one of the parents not being around. Divorce, in any circumstance, rips a child apart limiting time spent with his/her parents, and confusing him/her. In Matthew 19:8-9 it says, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery". Even under these grounds, Jesus permitted divorce, but he did not encourage or command divorce. The divorce rate has remained steady at around 50 since the early 1990s, which has made it easier for people to study the negative emotional effects divorce has on children. These effects can be long-lasting and extremely damaging. Divorce often results in many changes in children's living situations such as changing schools, child care, homes, etc. Children of divorced parents are more likely to use drugs and alcohol this is probably a misguided attempt to cope with the stress that often accompanies divorce and end up not having a good performance at school. There is an equivalents found between children of divorce and social skills. They have more difficulties trusting other people unconditionally and tend to have less social contacts. Especially young children tend to cut social relationships after the divorce. Later in life, this can result in having difficulties building close relationships. Divorce has become very common that children of today's generation view divorce as a part and parcel of family

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