The Effects Of Divorce On Children

Its all fun and games, untill someone gets hurt. coming from a seprated family myself, i was interested in how many other children were going thorugh not only similar experinces but different ones, some people i found to have truly extrodinary experiences, some so different to my own i feel bad for thinknig that. i was interested in finding out what other people went thourgh and how they managed or sturggeled with the event. as i was so young when i experenced my parents separation, i was interested to see how others coped, i found while undergoing reasearch with several other students from different areas of newcastle that who were of similar age to me when there parents divorced/separated that they to have similar experiences. each child
still visits the other parent on interval weeks/weekends. although Parental divorce disrupts the lives of nearly one in five young Australians under the age of 20, a disruption related to long-term social and economic disadvantages.It is unclear, however, to what extent the disadvantages are due to changes in family structure or to the reduction in resources available to the child.
The effects these changes are likely to be complex and to become apparent only in the years following parental separation.i find that Divorce sets in train events that the individual themselves responsible for later events in the lives of family members.each individuals experience is ofcourse going to cary, but there are significant impactors to this, although similar events have occured family structure and status play a huge role in effects. For example, reduced material resources following parental separation could affect the chances of a child reaching his or her full potential. Through the lack of resources, children may be deprived of educational and social opportunities, thus limiting their horizons. These limits may restrict vocational plans, particularly with respect to tertiary education. A lack of resources may also diminish the opportunities for children to develop their self-esteem and competence by reducing opportunities to participate in social and educational activities.although the teens i
had group and individual discussions with it was interesting to find that children who did struggle with the issue of money, commonly with the parent they no longer lived with, they seemed to loose connection with the parent or visits were alot less frquient. i found that some Children may also be encouraged to leave an uncongenial home with relatively few resources or relatively high levels of conflict. Leaving home early has been linked with early sexual experiences and early childbearing, which in turn are associated with lower attainment in adult life. many of the adults i in Although complete chains of events can rarely be explored, some aspects along the way may be examined to improve our understanding of family changeeconomic shift and their combined and individual effects in children's lives.
How children adjust in the short and medium term to their parents' separation is linked to several aspects of their psychological wellbeing.
Children who are unhappy at home are perhaps more likely to leave or be encouraged to leave. Thus general contentment with the atmosphere at home and the time spent there may be indicators of how suitable that environment is for the child. Engagement with ordinary social activities and access to clubs, friends and cultural pursuits may similarly be an index of full development at a later stage. Self-esteem has been associated with family dynamics and family type in the period after separation (Ochiltree 1990), and may be associated with more positive approaches to educational and occupational endeavour. The emotional state of the child, whether depressed or cheerful, anxious or calm, may also be associated with their wellbeing and future achievement. Collectively, indices such as these may provide a glimpse of how well children will adapt to life after their parents divorce. When related to economic circumstances and family changes, these indices may reveal something of the ways in which changes affect later attainments via indices of wellbeing in adolescence.It is important to note that while divorce increases children's risk for a variety of problems, not all children who experience divorce have problems. Children of divorce are twice as likely as children living in nondivorced families to experience difficulties. Roughly 20% to 25%
of these children will have problems. Another way of saying this is that 75% to 80% will not experience these difficulties. In other words, while children of divorce are at greater risk, most will not have major problems