Brief Summary: Effects Of Divorce On Children
Effects of Divorce on Children
By: Karen Anderson
Divorce is never a pleasant experience, for anyone involved. Divorce causes those involved to have feelings of anger, sadness, guilt, inadequacies, and so many other emotional feelings of distress. When children are involved in a marriage that is ending in divorce, these emotional scars and feelings can cause much deeper issues, not only for the adults involved, but for the children. Divorce, almost 100% of the time, will be a traumatic experience for a child, and can have sever negatives effects on them emotionally and mentally. So, knowing that divorce has negative effects on children, and their emotional and mental stability and health, is divorce ever a positive, or recommended …show more content…
The findings in this research indicates that children who live in the home of unhappy marriages which then end with civil divorces can actually have positive or at least, neutral effects on children, and the family as a whole. According to Virginia Rutter, who is the senior researcher with Council on Contemporary Families (CCF), which is a nonprofit organization located in Illinois, whose research and studies are dedicated to studying these types of family issues, as well as other types of family issues, states, “We’re starting to see that parents can divorce and still do well by the children.” It comes down to, what is more damaging to the child? To grow up in a home full of anger, hurt, fighting, violence, and hate, or to grow up with a mother in one household who loves them, and a father in another household, who also loves …show more content…
We have all known someone, or at least known of someone who got married too young, or for the wrong reasons. Some spouses wake up after 10 years of marriage, and decide, “I am not happy, I want a divorce.” Unfortunately, there are usually children involved. Unfortunately, these children suffer, because mom or dad have somewhat selfish desires, and now those desires will affect the family structure. The negative impact that divorce can have on children can be extremely powerful. The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service has reported that divorce rates increased dramatically. Sadly, children are involved in the majority of these divorces cases. Today, statistics tell us that two out of every five children will experience the hardships of their parents ' divorce, before the age of 18. Although divorces have become a more common occurrence in our society, the negative side effects inflicted upon children of divorce are still
By: Karen Anderson
Divorce is never a pleasant experience, for anyone involved. Divorce causes those involved to have feelings of anger, sadness, guilt, inadequacies, and so many other emotional feelings of distress. When children are involved in a marriage that is ending in divorce, these emotional scars and feelings can cause much deeper issues, not only for the adults involved, but for the children. Divorce, almost 100% of the time, will be a traumatic experience for a child, and can have sever negatives effects on them emotionally and mentally. So, knowing that divorce has negative effects on children, and their emotional and mental stability and health, is divorce ever a positive, or recommended …show more content…
The findings in this research indicates that children who live in the home of unhappy marriages which then end with civil divorces can actually have positive or at least, neutral effects on children, and the family as a whole. According to Virginia Rutter, who is the senior researcher with Council on Contemporary Families (CCF), which is a nonprofit organization located in Illinois, whose research and studies are dedicated to studying these types of family issues, as well as other types of family issues, states, “We’re starting to see that parents can divorce and still do well by the children.” It comes down to, what is more damaging to the child? To grow up in a home full of anger, hurt, fighting, violence, and hate, or to grow up with a mother in one household who loves them, and a father in another household, who also loves …show more content…
We have all known someone, or at least known of someone who got married too young, or for the wrong reasons. Some spouses wake up after 10 years of marriage, and decide, “I am not happy, I want a divorce.” Unfortunately, there are usually children involved. Unfortunately, these children suffer, because mom or dad have somewhat selfish desires, and now those desires will affect the family structure. The negative impact that divorce can have on children can be extremely powerful. The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service has reported that divorce rates increased dramatically. Sadly, children are involved in the majority of these divorces cases. Today, statistics tell us that two out of every five children will experience the hardships of their parents ' divorce, before the age of 18. Although divorces have become a more common occurrence in our society, the negative side effects inflicted upon children of divorce are still