Effects Of Divorce On Children

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Effects of Divorce on Children Almost 50% of marriages in the United States will end in divorce or separation. Divorce in today's world is a common occurrence, so children are greatly affected by their parents feud. Children are sometimes put in the middle of the drawn out process known as divorce. Divorce is almost always stressful for children.
Most of the time children do not want their parents to separate, unless the marriage is full of conflict and danger to the. Divorce can affect child-parent relationships. Custody battles are a great example. Perhaps the mother of the child believes she deserves full custody of the child, but the father thinks he deserves to be the legal custodian. This could lear to a custody battle that could lead to court. Having to choose a parent to live with would be very stressful for a child. According to Dr. Amy Desai, children with divorced parents suffer from depression or anxiety more than children with married parents. Most children of divorced parents act normal; …show more content…

Divorce helps children be more responsible and self-sufficient. Depending to the child's new living arrangement he or she may have to pack a bag when going to spend time with the other parent. Packing all this stuff will help the child to depend on him or herself because they have to remember to get what they need. Divorce also can help a child adapt to new environment. For example, a parent moving out and living in a different home would be completely different than what the child was use to. Parents also get remarried. As a matter of fact, according to Livingston forty percent of divorced people get remarried, so children may have to adapt to new people entering their life. So there is a faint light at the end of a long dark tunnel for children who are affected by divorce. Divorce is a hard thing to go through for a child, but hard times teach people to turn their struggles into

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