Divorce And Children

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izations researchers have discovered.
Ongoing abuse that cannot be stopped is more damaging to children than divorce itself. Divorce can be the right decision and can be handled responsibly. Divorce itself does not have a positive impact on a child’s life and development. Girls tend to handle divorce better and have fewer serious problems than boys. Divorce is a failure of a couple’s commitment to their marital and family roles. Divorce has it’s most negative impact when one or both parents abandon responsibility for their child’s social and emotional development. Children lose trust in others and themselves (Neuman, 33).
During and following a divorce there are a number of issues that parents will usually face. The impact and the child’s response will vary according to their age, gender, maturity, psychological health, and whether they are surrounded by supportive adults. A lot will depend on how compassionately parents handle or mishandle their contacts with each other and their children (Christenson and Brooks, 289-290).
The impact of divorce is that children will have problems but will experience symptoms. For example, children may have anger toward themselves and others. They may use drugs and alcohol. They may also have oppositional, rebellious defiant, or conduct problems.
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