“Many of the 1.5 million children in the U.S. whose parents divorce every year feel as if their worlds are falling apart”. Divorce is a common trend among our society today. People chose to get marry early since they think they’ve met the love of their life already. Maybe sometimes they even decide to have a kid while thinking carelessly. I believe divorce is a major issue in our society today; it’s not as easy as it seems and occasionally affects children who is involved in the divorce.
Divorce makes it harder on the children in the middle than the parents themselves. “It divides the family unit into two different households between which the child must learn to transit back and forth” ( Carl E Pickhardt ). Many kids …show more content…
Having a divorce can help stop an abusive marriage and it’ll make both partners happier than before if stuck in an unpleasant marriage. However, it doesn’t necessarily mean divorces are a good thing. A young child involved in the divorce might feel like they have to choose a side or can even feel like they’re the reason for the divorce. This can really affect the child as he / she grows into their teenage years. Being a teenager is already hard enough, now you have to deal with your parents, two of the most important people in your life, breaking up. Imagine how overwhelming that must be. Moreover, divorces break the bond of trust and relationship between the parents and the kid. Children have been grown thinking that there is only one right family relationship, and that is Mom and Dad being together. “Any other relationship configuration presents a conflict or betrayal of their basic understanding of life” ( Amy Desai ).
“Today, according to the Federal Reserve Board's 1995 Survey of Consumer Finance, only 42 percent of children aged 14 to 18 live in a "first marriage" family” ( Patrick F. Fagan & Robert Rector ); this just proves that divorces in our world today is so common, it’s not really a shock anymore. What parents see as a simple separation can result in emotional damage that the children can carry on for the rest of their life. “Divorce is no small thing to children. It is the violent ripping apart of their parents,