Criste Wise
5/17/2011
Cause and Effect
Divorce
People all around the world want to love and be loved. We search most our lives looking for the perfect spouse. When you think you’ve found the right one, and you’re ready to spend forever together they join as one in marriage. Nevertheless, some marriages fail and the two turn to divorce. There can be numerous reasons for a divorce. Here are three major causes: lack of communication, financial problems and cheating, which are listed below. The first significant cause for divorce is lack of communication. Due to bills and finances one family can stay fairly busy with work and other activities. Therefore, they have less time to talk about problems they have with their spouse, which could
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Cheating will not only destroy a relationship it can destroy the self esteem of a person. Although these three reasons cause a rise in divorce, there are also effects from these divorces. Most marriages include children and when a divorce takes place it can have negative effects on them. A child may put the blame on themselves for the divorce. Children go from living with both parents to having to choose a parent which can be hard because they love both. Living with only one parent can change a child’s behavior, may even lead to drug abuse, dropping out of school and teen pregnancy. This is a few of the negative effects a divorce has on families. On the other hand good can come from a divorce. The one, who divorce by consent from their partners, wants to have better quality of life, since they are unhappy with their spouses. Therefore they feel free to go out and do as they like. A divorce can get rid of some of the stress you may have had in the relationship which can be better for your physical and mental health. In conclusion, a family is one of the important parts of society, therefore many people better be aware of the significance of relationship in family. At the moment, divorce problems such as lack of communication, financial stress and cheating have caused the divorce rate to increase. Nevertheless, there are also the two different ways in effects, which are negative and positive effects. Some couples, which
All things considered, divorce should not be a word that is commonly used. A man and woman should be married for all the right reasons, until one or both passes away. Divorce does not just harm the couple, but the children are affected as well. Some children turn to depression, cheating, drugs, and stealing while others are happy with the decision made by their parents. Hopefully as the years progress, divorce rates will
Over 60 percent of couples seeking a divorce have children still living at home. ( 6) What some parents don't realize when they file for a divorce is the damage and effect that it will have on their kids. Divorce affects children in many ways. It affects kids emotionally and causes them to experience painful feelings such as fear, loss, anger and confusion. Divorce also hurts a child's academic achievement. Children whose parents divorce generally have poorer scores on tests and a higher dropout rate. (3)
Divorce can harm couples without children as well. One way is that divorce is much more popular to those who are getting married for the second or third time. This is can be explained by a few different reasons. One reason is simply because the spouses know how easily they can get divorced. They are more likely to focus on their spouse’s imperfections than on how they can mend their dissolving marriage. Also when a person remarries there is a higher chance for the other spouse to have children. This can put stress on both people because the new spouse will want more attention, but the attention will be given to the kids or vice versa. Money can also be a problem in second marriages more than the first because spouses are more likely to be financially crippled from having the previous divorce; this in turn will make them less financially secure. Divorce can also make people feel insecure with themselves and make them think that everything is their fault. It can cause depression and in certain cases could even lead to suicide.
Divorce is more common and much more socially accepted than it was fifty to one hundred years ago. Couples tend to divorce because it is easier than staying married and working through their problems. Most married couples thinking about divorce are so busy worrying about themselves that they fail to realize how large an impact their actions can have on their children and extended family.
There are, undoubtedly, a number of causes for divorce. Divorce used to be considered scandalous and immoral. This contributed to many marriages surviving despite strains. However, as divorce becomes more common, the more natural and expectable it seems. The number of divorces per year per1000 people in the U.S. has been declining since hitting our highest point in1981. (“divorce_ rate”) The United States has one of the highest divorce rates in the world. As a, couple’s relationship, marriages are more
In today’s society it seems that divorce is as common as marriage. Statistics have shown that 50% of all marriages will end in divorce. In looking at the information available I decided to look at common causes of divorce and look how each one affects the marriage and creates dissension and animosity in the relationship.
It is a bit shocking that nearly half of the marriages in the United States end in divorce and there are many reasons for divorce in this country. The top three reasons may surprise you, but when you think about it they make a lot of sense. Here are the top reasons that people end up divorced.
Divorce and its effects on children are common issues that are on the rise in the world today. Divorce affects more than just the married couple. Children often bear the brunt of divorce, which makes divorce a complicated decision for most parents. Understanding the effects divorce has on a child is important to know exactly why a child acts a certain way. A divorce can affect a child psychologically, intellectually, and even behaviorally. Children can suffer physiologically from things like depression, intellectually by having trouble in school and behaviorally by having trouble in social settings. Legally, a divorce is a single event, but from a psychological standpoint, it is a complicated,
Divorce rates in the United States have become extremely high and students everywhere are victims of divorce. But what effect does divorce have on children? Divorce affects the children in three ways. These three ways include emotionally, physically and academically.
The number one cause for divorce is financial difficulty, before a couple enters a marriage they have their own bills and spending habits, they do not need to consult anyone about their money. They want to be able to spend as they please, like when they
Thesis statement- There are a variety of factors that prompt the separation of a couple as a consequence carrying a baggage of effects with them.
One of the biggest effects of divorce is the effect it has on our children. Most couples get married and have children shortly after, and all decision made by the couples directly affect their children. Studies show that divorce has one of the most negative effects on children. Children living in single parent homes are more likely to be pregnant as teenagers, drop out of high school, abuse drugs and have behavioral issues. Furthermore due to the high dropout rates of single parent children they often have hard times finding jobs due to their lack of education. Often times we will see that children from broken homes will also have issues maintaining long term relationships as well. Studies show that children who parents are divorced or separated marriages will end in divorce as well. One last scary effect of divorce is that 92 percent of inmates in California State correctional facilities are products of single parent homes; in other words at some point when they were children their parents either divorced or became separated.
Broken families are on since the beginning of humanity. In fact, divorce, which has been very common in today’s societies, is the major cause that leads to family devastation. However, although, in some cases, divorce is the only solution for a family to live in peace, one must think many times before taking such decision, and that is because of many .
There are three main causes of divorce: changing in woman’s roles, stress in modern living, and lack of communication. The first significant cause of recent rise in the rates of divorce is a woman’s role being completely changed. In the past, men had to earn all the money to afford the expenses of the family, whereas woman only did housework. That led to the woman having no money
“DIVORCE” – Just the sound of such word in any married couple or children’s ear can cause great agony that can even become terminal. Research and personal experience, has proven that in today's society, divorce is more common amongst newlyweds. Since 2009 the rate of divorce has increased to approximately forty percent, There are three out of every ten marriage that ends up in divorce before it reaches the stage of maturity, and the most prevalent results are – lack of communication and infidelity.