Impact Of Divorce On Children
The Impact of Divorce on Children under the age of 18
Charlie Parson IV
Liberty University
Psychology 210 C06
Instructor Amy Conner
25 March 2011
What if we focused on the way marriage was intended to be? God created marriage to be between one man and one woman. He never intended for there to be all this pain suffered between the children that resulted from the failed marriage. Jesus could have easily given up and not bore the sin of the world on the cross but he didn’t that is why we as Americans need to focus on not giving up our spouses. A marriage is not a used car you can’t trade it in every 5 years. Year after year the divorce rate continues to accelerate at a marginal …show more content…
Can you imagine all the changes one must endure? Living situations can be altered potentially meaning a big move, change in school, and having to build new relationships. All these different stressors could lead to a number of different things in adolescence. Children of divorced families seem to feel less adequate about themselves so they look to other things to fill the voids where the things they need in life are missing such as emotional support, acceptance, and love. These holes in their life often lead to severe depression and feelings of rejection. Leading them looking for something that will fix all of their problems fast such as drugs. It is stated that children who abuse alcohol and participate in drug use are more likely to come from a family characterized by parental conflict and rejection. Children in dual parent homes experience the least amount of drug use when compared to different types of family structures. Drug use can lead to an array of different problems such as; a life of crime, addictions, lack of self worth, and potentially suicide. Divorced children also suffer financially when their parents separate. It is much harder for a single parent to make the same income of two people. The children tend to suffer because there living conditions maybe downgraded from what they were before, necessary things that were needed before can no longer be purchased due to lack …show more content…
I believe it is the most selfish thing a couple ever could do. No one ever said marriage was going to be easy. 1 Corinthians 7:27-28 states “those who marry will face many troubles in this life.” If the Lord wanted it to be easy he would have made it that way. People need to understand the lives that are affected by divorce are not just theirs. They are molding their children and their children’s children by the decisions they make. I personally went through two horrible first years of marriage and was ready to throw in the towel. I thought about the covenant I had made with my wife and God and how much it would affect my son. We attended extreme Christian counseling and to this day it’s still the best thing I have ever done for my marriage and I have been happily married now for seven years. That is one generational curse I would never in my wildest dreams want to hand
Charlie Parson IV
Liberty University
Psychology 210 C06
Instructor Amy Conner
25 March 2011
What if we focused on the way marriage was intended to be? God created marriage to be between one man and one woman. He never intended for there to be all this pain suffered between the children that resulted from the failed marriage. Jesus could have easily given up and not bore the sin of the world on the cross but he didn’t that is why we as Americans need to focus on not giving up our spouses. A marriage is not a used car you can’t trade it in every 5 years. Year after year the divorce rate continues to accelerate at a marginal …show more content…
Can you imagine all the changes one must endure? Living situations can be altered potentially meaning a big move, change in school, and having to build new relationships. All these different stressors could lead to a number of different things in adolescence. Children of divorced families seem to feel less adequate about themselves so they look to other things to fill the voids where the things they need in life are missing such as emotional support, acceptance, and love. These holes in their life often lead to severe depression and feelings of rejection. Leading them looking for something that will fix all of their problems fast such as drugs. It is stated that children who abuse alcohol and participate in drug use are more likely to come from a family characterized by parental conflict and rejection. Children in dual parent homes experience the least amount of drug use when compared to different types of family structures. Drug use can lead to an array of different problems such as; a life of crime, addictions, lack of self worth, and potentially suicide. Divorced children also suffer financially when their parents separate. It is much harder for a single parent to make the same income of two people. The children tend to suffer because there living conditions maybe downgraded from what they were before, necessary things that were needed before can no longer be purchased due to lack …show more content…
I believe it is the most selfish thing a couple ever could do. No one ever said marriage was going to be easy. 1 Corinthians 7:27-28 states “those who marry will face many troubles in this life.” If the Lord wanted it to be easy he would have made it that way. People need to understand the lives that are affected by divorce are not just theirs. They are molding their children and their children’s children by the decisions they make. I personally went through two horrible first years of marriage and was ready to throw in the towel. I thought about the covenant I had made with my wife and God and how much it would affect my son. We attended extreme Christian counseling and to this day it’s still the best thing I have ever done for my marriage and I have been happily married now for seven years. That is one generational curse I would never in my wildest dreams want to hand