| Submitted by: | jgalvez918 |
| Date: | 09 / 22 / 2009 |
| Category: | Philosophy and Psychology |
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The Effects of a Divorce on a Child
No parent wishes for their children to experience the effects of a divorce. Unfortunately, divorce is all too familiar in today's society. In fact, divorce is now part of U.S. lifestyle. Recent statistics show that almost half of those who marry in the United States split before death do they part. Many experts also agree that the stigma of divorce is waning. "Divorce has become more commonplace in the popular culture - among celebrities and even public figures," said David Popenoe co-director of the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University. "And we tend to take our cues from news, movies, books and magazines. The whole feeling about divorce has shifted from one of abhorrence to acceptable." (K. Shocket) What is it exactly about divorce that causes negative consequences for these children? In what ways will these children be effected? Will these effects show outwardly? The unsettling fact is: young children of divorced parents face great psychological challenges due to the environmental conditions and changes associated with divorce. With that said, we will see two groups of working age adults emerging. One group will have received psychological, social, economic, educational and moral benefits and the other group will have been denied them all. The first group will have grown up with both parents present in the house and the second group will not have both parents present.
The negative effects of divorce on children can often be seen well into the child's future, many times even in the way a child of divorce deals with his/her own adult relationships. The reality is that most children do not recover quickly from divorce, and many children suffer from effects of divorce for years. Many divorced parents do raise healthy, bright, and well adjusted children, but, on average, children of divorce, or those born into a single parent family do much more poorly in many areas. Most children of divorce experience at least...
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