The Effect Of Parent Child Separation On The Middle School Children With Parental Migrations

The most distinctive trait of American family life, then the trait that differentiates it from family life in other western countries, is sheer movement: frequent transitions, shorter relationships. Americans step on and off the carousel of intimate partnerships (marriages and cohabiting relationships) more often. Whether an American parent is married or cohabiting or raising children without a partner, she or he is more likely to change living arrangements in the near future than are parents in the rest of the western world. It is consequential and we should be concerned about it, both as parents and as a nation, because it may increase children’s behavioral and emotional problems. Simply pu, some children seem to have difficulty adjusting to a series of parents and parents’ partners moving in and out of their home. It is not just parental divorces and breakups that are hard for children. Even transitions that bring a new partner or stepparent into the home can be difficult to cope with. Children whose parents have remarried do not have higher levels of well-being than children in lone-parent (a parent who is neither married nor living with a partner) families, despite the addition of a second parent. One reason is that new

Parental abandonment of a child can have long term psychological issues they will suffer from including obsessive thinking, critical thoughts about the abandonment, and self-blame. Child abandonment is when a parent, guardian, or any person taking care of the child or deserts the child without any regard to the child’s physical health, safety, or welfare. From the ages from an infant to 18 years old, that’s when child abandonment takes place. It is the rule of nature for every child to be brought up by two parents. The effect of child abandonment can be felt throughout the child growth as the child displays different characteristics from those who have had the privilege of being brought up by two parents. Parents are the source of joy to most children and a source of pride too. Parental abandonment has been proven to have adverse negative effects on the life of a child as this research paper will highlight.

Betimes, Co-parenting by Divorcing Parents of Children in Early Childhood has been a global problem that affects thousands of children in the globe, mostly U.S. When the marriage is dissolved, children seemed to be the one most likely to be affected because of the sentimental attachment they have already established with both parents. Most of them develop psychological problem, for instance, depression or separation anxiety. Till date, Co-parenting by divorcing parents of children in early childhood still poses a threat to children globally.

Due to these results it shows that although there are obviously difficulties for children adjusting to a separated family, it has an even larger effect than anticipated. One major result of the study showed that males are more deeply affected by a separation in the family. This is due to the fact that in a separation, the children generally stay with the mother, thereby removing the child from a father figure and role model. As well males are more likely to externalize their frustration through behavioural and anti-social issues more so than women.

Separation and children: How it affects your kids. States “When children are secure they thrive because they feel safe enough to explore, develop, learn, and grow”. Children must feel secured by their parents so that they can feel safe enough to explore, develop, learn and grow. It is important for them because in this way they can feel that they are loved by their

It appears that, families and children didn’t require as much time to adjust to reintegration as much as the families did in Bobriene’s (2014) study. It may be that all families and children handle reintegration differently and some may require more time than others. The results in Boberiene’s (2014) study is similar to what Chandra (2009) had

Majority 22.9% respondents got aggressive while they knew about their parents’ Divorce and later second marriage.

Amato (2005) researched how family formation can change a child’s cognitive, social and emotional well-being. He began his research by observing the difference between different types of families. This article relates more to how marriage relationship and divorce can cause different stressors on a child. It also talks about how these stressors can lead to other behaviors that might be harmful for the child. Amato (2005) asses the different social and emotional situations that may appear in these situations. These situations all can lead to different forms of stress developing in a child’s life. Overall, all these factors are very important when playing into a child’s level of

The bond that a child and their parents or caregivers form plays a vital role in the child’s life. Studies were performed by John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth to observe the effects that maternal separation had on the child’s development. The hypothesis they formed based off their observations became known as the attachment theory. The attachment theory came about on the core principle that “children brought up with consistent, loving parents or significant, reliable caregivers can develop a foundation of trust and attachment and can grow up to be well-adjusted adults who are capable of forming trusting and loving relationships.” (Bigner, 2014, p. 50-51) However, if this foundation is missing it can cause problems, such as separation anxiety, to manifest within the child. This bond is particularly important the first two years after a child is born. Bowlby and Ainsworth stated that the nurturing and care should be provided from the child’s main care taker which is commonly the mother. (Bigner, 2014, p. 51)

From my literature review I found out how children as a whole are affected because of their parents being separated and how it has an impact on them throughout their time in primary school. When I researched this question I found that most researchers looked at the effects of this on parents rather than focusing on the effects of the child. Some researchers showed the effects of separation on children but concentrated on how parents needed additional support throughout this tough time rather than looking at what the child is going through. This study will give you an insight of how this research proposal is going to be carried out and what you may gain from this.

Maternal separation can have great effects on children in several ways. Being separated from the parent for a great amount of time leads children to develop anger, anxiety, resentment, difficult parental relationships, and other issues in their daily lives. Due to difficult parental relationships, it can also cause issues with other relationships. A study was done by Kalinichev et al. (2002) to compare female and male rats that were maternally separated, handled, or undisturbed as neonates in anxiety-like behaviors, in response to startle-inducing auditory stimuli and elevated plus-maze. It was discovered that having experience with maternal separation leads to a long-lasting rise in anxiety-like behaviors that occurs in a type of sex-dependent manner. Due to this separation and stress that these rats faced, the males and females were less likely to explore the plus-maze. For humans, lengthened lack of contact between a mother and her child can result in great shortfall in maternal attachment. Children who experience this type of separation are most likely to develop insecure attachment styles, anger, and resentment. Above all, maternal separation between a child and mother can affect their attachment, behavior, and mood if not treated.

These include academic deterioration, antisocial and delinquent behaviors, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression. Early promiscuity, relationship difficulties, and illicit drug use are also noted. Other studies correlate resiliency in adulthood as one product of living in a conflictual family system”(Rich et al., 2007 p.164). The effects of divorce vary depending on the situation and the child. “Hess and Camara found that many children of divorce suffer severe emotional consequences such as depression, anger, anxiety, and withdrawal, any of which, if prolonged, can have a negative impact on the child’s overall emotional development. It is also reported adjustment problems in the area of cognitive, emotional, and social development among children of divorce as well. In addition, parental separation has been found to be particularly stressful for adolescents”(Bornstein and Walters, 1988 p.248).

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In the second article “Parental Divorce and Emerging Adults’” Parental divorce was assumed to negatively affect diverse of emerging adults functioning. The study seeks to analyze the effects of parental divorce and to identify the many other

Furthermore, Children might have some problem with their grandparents, where they are living after separation of parents. In addition, they would have some difficulties in their studies also if they will change their school and would have to settle in a new environment.