Children With Divorced Parents

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Parents help their adolescents to form an impression of their own potential and achievement and values through communication. According to Oderberg (1986), children who experienced the divorced of their parents earlier, the more problems he or she will had with future intimate relationships. He thought that this involvedness of the child may be because of his lack of ability to understand the separation of his parents. Children may still be innocent enough to understand or to know the reasons why his or her parents separated.
Adolescents who already experienced the breakup of their parents may find it hard to become close in their relationship and think that they are capable of being stable and faithful (Wallerstein & Blakeslee, 1989). Some adolescents may fear that they will be cheated, rejected, or dumped by their partners in the future. It has also been found out that young adolescents who both came …show more content…

It is important that parents avoid from burdening a child with their own sadness and irritability. Many parents are unable to provide the needs of their children when it comes to the support, warmth, love, and consistent control (Marriage, 1999). The parents should appear or show to their children that they are strong enough to handle the situation for it might affect their children if they see their parents being too emotional. The children may develop negative insights about having a partner or being married in the future.
It has also been found out that young adolescents who both came from a separated parent marry at an early age (Christensen & Brooks, 2001). The desire of marrying at an early age possibly because of the emotional needs of adults from divorced families (Amato, 1996). Because of these needs, adults may look for intimacy and loyal partners with a hope that their relationship will fulfill the needs for affection (Christensen & Brooks,

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