Effects Of Divorce On Children

Married couples make the decision to get divorced everyday, but what are the significant effects of this dramatic change? Divorce is when a married couple no longer want to be together and separate. It has become society's most common practice. Being married is a beautiful, and joyful celebration and let's say a couple has children, for them seeing the parents that they love so dearly come to the agreement of separating can be very upsetting to a child. In the U.S 42% of marriages end up getting a divorce, to put that in perspective that's almost half of people that get married end up parting ways. Divorce is likely to happen when the couple is low in education, being a child of divorce, or getting married too young. When children are involved
Furthermore in a study/ survey by Cherlin Andrew J. “Longitudinal studies on effects of divorce on children in Great Britain and the United States.” writes about true facts that were taken during their study. First, as a child of divorce most people that have came around have shared what they have experienced. According to cherlin Andrew J. he says “children will witness the breakup of their parents marriages before they reach the age 18”. Many kids that have dealt with divorce may say it happened at a young age, which can lead to problems within themselves. The author states “ children with divorced parents experience more emotional and behavior problems and do less well in school than children who live with both biological parents. .” Failure in school isn’t the only factor, it can also be genders dealing with divorce a certain way. The author goes into more detail about the effects mostly about young boys stating “at least for boys, tempers the conclusion that the aftermath of divorce is the major factor in children's adjustments.” To see how badly divorce affects children more should be done about this issue, for example families should conduct meetings at home, especially to prepare their kids before the long term effects of divorce
In a website article called Trauma of Divorce and its Effects on Children, by Professor Stephen Joseph his essential question is “Should i wait until the children are older?” Americans tend to believe that staying together just for the kids will help them. It actually takes away from the child's well being , according to Stephen Joseph, PH.D. In a study Stephen Joseph and his colleagues did showed a significant “400 young people in their events had a high prevalence of posttraumatic stress.”-Stephen Joseph. He was surprised when he found that the cause of all the stress was from the children's parents divorce, which is a common feeling to have when these events are happening to someone. The study he completed tells us,“ We found that 29% of boys and 39% of girls who reported that their parents had separated or divorced had high levels of posttraumatic stress.”-Stephen Joseph. In addition to that since children are easily affected by this we should treat this as Stephen Joseph says “with caution” and to not ignore the fact that young people are stressed out because of the split . Married couples who are thinking of not being together should make sure they are positive with their decision and inform their children about what is going to happen next. If they don't know what's going on they could be causing more harm to their child's well being. Nobody would want their