What Are The Negative Effects Of Broken Family

The psychological effects on children coming from divorced families can be different for each child and can vary depending majorly on how the parents themselves deal with the divorce and the child’s relationships with their parents. The United States has the highest divorce rate of any other country. Chances that a child will experience their parents getting a divorce is pretty certain and to be exact 40% of children by the age of 16 will go through their parents getting a divorce (Mazur, E., Wolchik, S. A., Virdin, L., Sandler, I. N., & West, S. G. 1999). However, parents can make it much easier if they would only put the needs and feelings of the children first and foremost, and that is not saying the parents should only stick together and

A study compared 137 divorced families and 165 married families. The study showed that the siblings leaned on each other during the difficult divorce and split family process. The older sibling was there to protect and care for the younger ones. The “stand in parent” role that the older siblings took were not always appreciated by the younger children since it was not the real parent there. The siblings were still able to support each other and get along better while the parents were arguing and dealing with their own conflicts (Sheehan, G., Darlington, Y., Noller, P., & Feeney, J. 2004). A child that was apart of the study stated that her older sister was the only one that could understand how she felt and what she was going through at the time. In this study, the bond and warmth that the siblings showed each other were higher than married families, but there was a higher hostility rate in the divorce family siblings than the married families. This demonstrates a long-term effect because the siblings have learned to lean on each other and overcome their differences from a young age (Sheehan, G., Darlington, Y., Noller, P., & Feeney, J. 2004). I can relate to this because my younger brother and I are always together whether we are at our mother’s house or father’s house. We have been through the same things as each other in a different way that our older sister has, as she only stays at our mother’s house. We are all there for support, even though there are arguments between us. The divorce has been a positive event on our family for me and my sibling’s