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    There is a great epidemic in the world today it’s called divorce. Divorce has affected so many families but most of all the children. “What may offer humanizing freedom for parents may be dehumanizing void for children.”( Root, A. 2010) Do you know why divorce is dehumanizing? “When dehumanization is in play there is little, if any consideration of the impact their betrayal will have on their mate.”(Reynolds,n.d.) According to Andrew Root divorce has deep and long lasting effects on children because

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    In the United States today, we live in a society that has perhaps one of the highest rates of divorce amongst all other industrial nations at a rate averaging around 40 to 50 percent. Of that staggering rate of divorce, 60 percent of those involve children. Because of this, more than one million children go through their parents’ divorce each year. Now, during this time of divorce a great focus seems to be drawn between the adults, but at what point should we wonder about the children? What changes

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    The Reality of Divorce in American Society As with most life transitions, divorce can be liberating, depressing, frustrating, or traumatic to any person who experiences it. Perhaps the most painful part on the process of divorce is when the children get involved and when they all get trapped in the situation. These children may suffer significant losses in their lives and unless the situation can be handled in a civil manner, they will become prone to the psychological torment that could affect

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    Divorce is a great phenomenon in today's society, it is a painful and an unforgettable experience in a person's life, especially for a child. When parents get divorced its hardest on the children because they go from having two inseparable people who had marriage commitments to fulfil, to witnessing the love lost between these two people. The concern here is, is there a psychological impact of parental divorce on children? Many parents don't realize that divorce affects their child much more than

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    marriage and start the divorce process. The divorce process can be chaotic, and it can take an emotional toll on the spouses and children. Both parties may have intense emotions, and it can be hard to stay calm throughout the divorce process. Fortunately, dissolution attorneys can simplify the divorce process. The divorce attorney at Wolinetz, Horvath, Baker & Wick can handle a disagreeable spouse. An experienced attorney can utilize his skills in an effective manner. The divorce process can be stressful

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    Divorced Parents

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    different relationship with their parents after they divorce, or the relationship might just stay the same between the children and the parents. Children with non-divorced parents might have a better chance of having a good relationship than the children with divorced parents. Children with divorced parents might get treated differently

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    Marriage and Divorce in the Post Victorian Era Marriage is a social structure. When couples get married they enter into a relationship that is societally recognized and to some degree societally regulated. Laws, customs, traditions and cultural assumptions are intrinsically involved in defining the path that a marriage will take. In the late 19th century many Americans had to come to terms in some way with the societal expectations of marriage, guided by the Victorian mores. But as the

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    long-term effects that divorce has on the offspring. To analyze the impact of divorce, we must first define divorce itself as the “act of legally ending a marriage” and its prevalence in the modern world. (Sangster) According to Margaret Sangster, the United States has the leading rate of divorce in the world today. (Sangster) Statistics also show that, as of 2015, 6.083 million children live in a home with one of their divorced parents. (Gale) While researching the effects of divorce on children, it

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    Long Beach Divorce Cases

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    Divorce is a very critical and sensitive issue for any couple that has planned for the separation. The issue becomes more complicated if they have children, whose custody becomes a big question to be resolved. It is a completely family matter and needs to be handled with great care, which is possible only when experienced divorce attorneys take charge of the cases. A lawyer such as William D. Evans is effective for these cases as he has experience of more than 35 years, and has dealt with a number

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    50% of all the children born to married parents today, will experience the divorce of their parents’ before they are eighteen years old. Divorce in and of itself doesn’t necessarily harm a child, but the conflict between parents does. A child’s behavior correlates directly with the effects of their parents’ separation. Deep emotional wounds are created before, during, and after divorce and separation. It is rare that you find a child that actually wants their parents to separate, unless the marriage

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