The Resiliency of Having a Broken Family
Concept of Resiliency:
A Child experiencing a broken family
A broken family is having a separated parents or parents living apart. It is a family that one or both parents are having a relationship with another person. It can also be a family that started at a young age and can’t handle their relationship anymore. When parents split up, there can be many emotions that a child may have to deal with it. These feelings internalize or expressed, will result in certain behavior that will possibly affect to the child’s outlook in life. Some parents separate because they’re not ready to start a family because they’re too young and they want to enjoy their young adulthood. It can also be because they’re husband is hurting them. But, most causes of parent’s separation are financial problem and cheating.
In some aspects parent’s lacks communication and understanding that leads to their “coldness” to one another that also leads to cheating. Also, some parents’ separate because their parents don’t want the wife/ husband for their child for some reason. And most of all, some husbands leave their wife when they knew they’re pregnant because to fight to uphold that kind of responsibility and vice versa, but that case is when the parents are still teenagers.
Having a broken family is difficult. It is a collapse of god’s intended design. Children can get robbed of a special experience and protection called “family”. They move on their lives as an individual without understanding of what familial security and bond is. They look out in the world and wonder why it has dealt them a cruel card in life, having to deal with separated parents can sometimes also be much harder than if one were to grieve their loss through death.
The child can suffer from depression. The child can also feel low self-esteemed as if it’s their fault their parents break up. Other things can happen is that the child may eat a lot and become obese because of sadness. There are many things which can
A Child experiencing a broken family
A broken family is having a separated parents or parents living apart. It is a family that one or both parents are having a relationship with another person. It can also be a family that started at a young age and can’t handle their relationship anymore. When parents split up, there can be many emotions that a child may have to deal with it. These feelings internalize or expressed, will result in certain behavior that will possibly affect to the child’s outlook in life. Some parents separate because they’re not ready to start a family because they’re too young and they want to enjoy their young adulthood. It can also be because they’re husband is hurting them. But, most causes of parent’s separation are financial problem and cheating.
In some aspects parent’s lacks communication and understanding that leads to their “coldness” to one another that also leads to cheating. Also, some parents’ separate because their parents don’t want the wife/ husband for their child for some reason. And most of all, some husbands leave their wife when they knew they’re pregnant because to fight to uphold that kind of responsibility and vice versa, but that case is when the parents are still teenagers.
Having a broken family is difficult. It is a collapse of god’s intended design. Children can get robbed of a special experience and protection called “family”. They move on their lives as an individual without understanding of what familial security and bond is. They look out in the world and wonder why it has dealt them a cruel card in life, having to deal with separated parents can sometimes also be much harder than if one were to grieve their loss through death.
The child can suffer from depression. The child can also feel low self-esteemed as if it’s their fault their parents break up. Other things can happen is that the child may eat a lot and become obese because of sadness. There are many things which can
References: • Meyer (2006) Retrieved from: http://divorcesupport.about.com/od/childrenanddivorce/qt/Children-Are-Resilient-During-Divorce.html • Meyer (2006) Retrieved from: http://divorcesupport.about.com/bio/Cathy-Meyer-24136.html • Maten, (2003) Retrieved from: http://viriya.net/jabref/resilience/Resilience_in_Children_--_A_Review_of_Literature_with_Implications_for_Education.pdf • Maten (2003) Retrieved from: http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/familydevelopment/components/7565_06.html • Meyer (2006) Retrieved from: http://singleparents.about.com/od/intenseemotions/a/effects-of-divorce-on-children.html • Soriano, J., (2011) Post-Break Up Experiences of Long Term and Short Term Relationship Thesis