Effects Of Divorce On Children
Damoun Patterson
[Instructor Name]
2010 English
Dear Naomi Richards,
My recent interest in the effects of divorce on children led me to find your article “The Positive Effects of Divorce on Children”. It can to my attention that we both stood on different aspects of the situation. I am a child of divorce and yes I can say that it made me the man I am today, but all my nightmares outweigh the little good. Today in America, one out of every two marriages ends in divorce and many divorcing families include children. That’s about 1.5 million children in America that suffer from divorce every year. Children who experience divorce tend to suffer from social, emotional and mental troubles.
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Yes I can agree that children of divorced parents sometimes have a better understanding of life, and I also agree that divorce bring out the best in the older siblings who have to step up and began to look out for their younger siblings, even if that means maturing before their time and missing out on their own childhood so there younger sibling can have a normal life. I particularly agree with you when you stated that it isn’t healthy for children to be in an environment where they see a lack of respect and trust. I struggle to understand how children of divorce can benefit from more one on one time with the parents, experiencing this situation personally I can say that the negatives always outweighs the bad. In 2011, my mother went through her first divorce although she didn’t have to go through the daily arguments and we didn’t have to be in a unhealthy environment, we lost the house, starved for months, wore the same thing to school three times a week sometimes and all nine of us had to split up and go live with different families. I can’t protect my younger brothers if I don’t know where they are. If my mom would’ve never got a divorce I wouldn’t have to sleep at bus stops and on the floor of trailer home.
While I agree that divorce can better the understanding of the child on life, and it isn’t healthy for children to be in an environment where they see a lack of respect and trust, I wonder whether divorce is the real solution to problems of marriage for the children sake. Is there a chance that a child will benefit more from the two parents trying to work their problems out or the divorce
[Instructor Name]
2010 English
Dear Naomi Richards,
My recent interest in the effects of divorce on children led me to find your article “The Positive Effects of Divorce on Children”. It can to my attention that we both stood on different aspects of the situation. I am a child of divorce and yes I can say that it made me the man I am today, but all my nightmares outweigh the little good. Today in America, one out of every two marriages ends in divorce and many divorcing families include children. That’s about 1.5 million children in America that suffer from divorce every year. Children who experience divorce tend to suffer from social, emotional and mental troubles.
In your recent article on positive effects of divorce …show more content…
Yes I can agree that children of divorced parents sometimes have a better understanding of life, and I also agree that divorce bring out the best in the older siblings who have to step up and began to look out for their younger siblings, even if that means maturing before their time and missing out on their own childhood so there younger sibling can have a normal life. I particularly agree with you when you stated that it isn’t healthy for children to be in an environment where they see a lack of respect and trust. I struggle to understand how children of divorce can benefit from more one on one time with the parents, experiencing this situation personally I can say that the negatives always outweighs the bad. In 2011, my mother went through her first divorce although she didn’t have to go through the daily arguments and we didn’t have to be in a unhealthy environment, we lost the house, starved for months, wore the same thing to school three times a week sometimes and all nine of us had to split up and go live with different families. I can’t protect my younger brothers if I don’t know where they are. If my mom would’ve never got a divorce I wouldn’t have to sleep at bus stops and on the floor of trailer home.
While I agree that divorce can better the understanding of the child on life, and it isn’t healthy for children to be in an environment where they see a lack of respect and trust, I wonder whether divorce is the real solution to problems of marriage for the children sake. Is there a chance that a child will benefit more from the two parents trying to work their problems out or the divorce