The Adverse Effects Of Divorce On Parents

Throughout time, people from all over the world have chosen to live together, or “get married”. Marriage is a beautiful thing, but there are some couples who are unable to maintain their relationship, because they choose divorce as a solution to cope with the problems between husband and wife. Although divorce can be solution to cope with problem between the husband and wife, it still has dangerous effects especially on their children. Children with divorced parents are vulnerable to risk. Divorce has a dangerous impact on children. Divorce of parentss causes many problems to children. It causes children to have a loss of Knowledge, skills, and resources from parents, behavioral problems, emotional problem, and health problem

When it comes to divorce, it is common for children to be mixed up in the middle of things. In 1981 somewhere around 1.2 million kids were affected by divorce. Divorce causes major disruption within the family (Peck). When divorce begins to erupt the whole family, especially the children, is thrown off track. Many routines become estranged as the parents begin to divide households and divide the time spent with children. Other times one parent may move out, more commonly the father, and not see the kids at all. This can put a huge financial and responsibility burden on the remaining parent. Which

Anyone going through a divorce can have a stressful toll no one can want or afford to get. Over time divorce has drastically changing over the years. Divorce was relatively uncommon and difficult to get before 1970 (Why have divorce rates increase over time?). In the United States researchers estimate that 40%-50% of all first marriages will end in divorce or permanent separation (How common is divorce and what are the reasons?). The risk of divorce is even higher for second marriages, about 60% (How common is divorce and what are the reasons?). In today’s society divorce is increasing more often than ever. As the number of divorced parents increase, the children of the divorced parents are more likely to get divorced (Why have divorce rates increase over time?). For many reasons can be the case when divorce happens. There are many factors leading to cause divorce, also there are alternative routes to help cope with divorce. Couples change, grow and develop from their spouse. Couples interests become incompatible as a result, their marriage begins to suffer.

divorce affects children from a variety of age groups and genders as well as how they are affected during and after the divorce. There is not a lot of history of research and study surrounding this particular topic. Most has been within the past two decades. Which make sense, since the divorce rate has skyrocketed in very recent history.

Divorce is a critical period for many families. It is a process that raises the amount of tension present between the two partners and their children. It is a complex, and unreceptive topic for numerous individuals and their families. Divorce does not only mean separation between the two partners, it often includes separation of a family. Families are a system and for the system to function optimally all parts require to be present and have an ideal arrangement (Taylor, 2002). Divorce disrupts a family’s equilibrium and causes many stressful events. The process is a stressful period for many parents, due to increase parenting responsibility or loss of custody of the children and economic decline. Adults going through a divorce

Divorce is a serious matter in this time and day. To children, divorce is their world shattering before their eyes. Some children try to see the positive aspects of divorce such as more family gatherings and more Christmas gifts, but most children seem to look at the negative aspects. Divorce affects children differently and they have their own way of coping with it.

The divorce rate has increased since the 1960s and more and more children are being raised in single parent homes. Family has such a dramatic impact on the success and development of children, that many psychologist have taken an interest in studying how the separation of parents can influence a child immediately following a divorce, as well as the long term effects. It is generally agreed that divorce has negative consequences on the children effected by it but experts have varying viewpoints on what the actual damage is and what, specifically, caused that damage. Topics of divorce that are that are widely debated include whether divorce itself is most detrimental to children or the marital conflict they may be exposed to, if divorce has a greater effect on boys or girls, how divorce effects the children’s relationships later in life, and the negative values kids may learn as a result of their parents’ divorce.

Marriage is a vow taken by two people who have chosen to spend the rest of their lives together. The decision to divorce was created to be able to release on spouse out of the relationship when the other broke their vows at a high enough offense. After the laws of divorce became much easier, the rates of divorce became a lot higher as well. If the laws to divorce became more difficult, the levels of divorce wouldn 't be as high and many would think a more before entering into marriage so quickly. In this paper, the affects of children in divorce vs two parent relationships will show that it is a negative affect to divorce. Along with the financial burdens they place on both spouses, during the process of divorce and after. Also the mockery of marriage that is being made by straight couples, while gay couples struggle to have the right to marry each other at all. The result of the research was that there was that divorce does have a large number of negative effects on children and the parents’ finances but there is no clear reason if harder laws would lower marriage rates.

When two people go through a divorce, they are making the decision to leave each other’s lives. Some of the many reasons include abuse, early age, and lack of commitment. Over half of children in the United States will go through their parent’s divorce at a young age. It is said that the behavior of children living in a broken family is different than those that grow up with both parents. A divorce can have negative outcomes on a child; things like early sexual practice, loneliness and depression, and poor academic performance.

Though divorce rates have steadily decreased since the 1980’s, a staggering 50% of all marriages still end in divorce (Abrams, 2016). Divorce impacts all involved, especially the children. According to Carl Pickhardt (2011) regardless of the age of the child, divorce will be a tremendous adjustment. The young child will likely become more dependent and regress to gain more attention from the parents. Children of divorce often experience emotional and behavioral problems at some point during the separation of their parents thus, parents should be cognizant of how to head off these problems. This topic is important to increase parental awareness of the effects that their separation will have on their children. This way, parents can learn ways to decrease or even prevent those negative effects. Parents should understand there are resources, such as counseling, to help their children adjust to their impending divorce.

The biggest effect of divorce is on children if the couple has children. Children turn out to be the most affected when their parents divorce because, they will not be able to experience parents love and guidance from both parents. Many kids who live with a single parent because of a divorce will always end up indulging in devious behaviors due to lack of parental guidance from both parents. Children are affected in their studying, their normal life, and even their self –esteem when their parents are divorced, and some even end up dropping out of school. Children from divorced parents are psychologically affected, and parents should not only think of their own feelings, but also put their children’s’ interests at

“In the United States, about half of all first marriages end in divorce and more than a million children experience their parents’ divorce each year” (Fagan and Rector). Therefore, many children will experience a parental divorce in their lifetime. It is clear that divorce is common and can cause many effects on the family, especially the children. This is important because the negative effects of divorce on children and families are more amplified today than ever. Experiencing a parental divorce can have negative effects that will last a child’s lifetime. Some of the negative effects parental divorce has on children are psychological problems, negative academic and social behavior, and physical problems.

Nearly one million children will experience divorce each year, and often times we see the repercussions affecting the children more than the couple. Rates of divorce in America have reached 40-50 percent, and can streamline into negative effects on the children including behavior changes, drug abuse or attempting suicide. We also see issues with stress and anger coping skills. One parent households have a higher chance of facing poverty and other hardships. Although parents may be tempted to divorce easily, they should rethink and consider the short and long-term effects that can take a toll on their children.

Divorce might affect the children adversely. And many people don’t get divorce because of fear about how it might affect the children. Regardless of one motivation and willingness about the divorce, the divorce is likely to affect the children in many ways, while many children are upset by a divorce in the beginning. The children of divorce can survive by maintaining a healthy adjustment in their lives.

Divorce is permanent and it affects more than just one person, it is a situation that is becoming more known and common. Almost anyone in the United States knows of at least one couple that has gone through a divorce. The word divorce tends to be a nerve wracking word, for  most couples that never want to have to go through such a heartbreaking moment in their lives. Divorce is defined as when two people that have a marriage license are split up and no longer married or seeing each other. For a divorce to happen, one of the spouses must start a divorce petition (that is when one of the spouses writes the petition and gives it to the other spouse to sign stating that they are getting a divorce). The petition is then taken to a courthouse where one of the spouses live no matter which state the divorce takes place. Many children in the United States experience a divorce. Kalter states, “Nearly one of three children experiences divorce” (Kalter 587). Divorce easily affects males and females economically, socially, physically and emotionally. A divorce will affect a child different than a parent, but it negatively affects the family equally. How does a divorce negatively affect the children, female and male aspect equally?