the effects of divorce on children and adolescents
The effects of Divorce on Children and adolescents
Divorce or the parent separation is a major life change for the children and can
lead to dreadful consequences. Divorce affects children and adolescents
negatively, from different aspects resulting from the change in their family and
the multiple stressors that they are facing.
The Psychological, educational, emotional and social effects of divorce can be
really devastating for both parent and children. Children and adolescents have
different ways of dealing with divorce, which reveal their emotions and feelings
towards their parent separation.
Divorce has a negative effect on the psychological and emotional aspect.
Children and adolescents are emotionally crushed by these new changes in their
lives and the stress is to much for them to bear. Foulks-Jamison (2001) reports
that children from age 6-12 are most likely to blame themselves for their parents
separation, they also try to reconcile them, they mostly take one parent side
against the other parent. This happens mostly resulting form the anger that they
have from the separation.
Adjusting their after divorce life is quite the challenge for both parents and
children. children and adolescents have a hard time in coping with both parents .
Foulkes-Jamison (2001) states “ A child’s relationship with his or her
Parents following a divorce is critical to the child’s adjustment”. Furthermore
child’s adjustment to the divorce situation takes from 6-24 months. The change
in the living adjustment make children feel different, because they lived in one
house as a family and all of sudden one of their parents is not their which makes
them feel betrayed and left which may have a long term effect on them.
O’Connell Corcoran (1997) reports that adolescent’s have a tough time handling
parents separation, for boys they tend to be more aggressive and intractable
Divorce or the parent separation is a major life change for the children and can
lead to dreadful consequences. Divorce affects children and adolescents
negatively, from different aspects resulting from the change in their family and
the multiple stressors that they are facing.
The Psychological, educational, emotional and social effects of divorce can be
really devastating for both parent and children. Children and adolescents have
different ways of dealing with divorce, which reveal their emotions and feelings
towards their parent separation.
Divorce has a negative effect on the psychological and emotional aspect.
Children and adolescents are emotionally crushed by these new changes in their
lives and the stress is to much for them to bear. Foulks-Jamison (2001) reports
that children from age 6-12 are most likely to blame themselves for their parents
separation, they also try to reconcile them, they mostly take one parent side
against the other parent. This happens mostly resulting form the anger that they
have from the separation.
Adjusting their after divorce life is quite the challenge for both parents and
children. children and adolescents have a hard time in coping with both parents .
Foulkes-Jamison (2001) states “ A child’s relationship with his or her
Parents following a divorce is critical to the child’s adjustment”. Furthermore
child’s adjustment to the divorce situation takes from 6-24 months. The change
in the living adjustment make children feel different, because they lived in one
house as a family and all of sudden one of their parents is not their which makes
them feel betrayed and left which may have a long term effect on them.
O’Connell Corcoran (1997) reports that adolescent’s have a tough time handling
parents separation, for boys they tend to be more aggressive and intractable