Effects of Divorce on Children



Effects of Divorce on Children

Introduction

Each year, millions of children around the world are facing the collapse of their families. In several countries, the divorce rate increases. Children are greatly affected by divorce and potential problems in the short and long term are significantly higher in children whose parents are divorced (Mason & Cauce, 2004). Several factors can reduce these risks and promote children's resilience. The three factors that mostly affect the well-being of children during and after separation of their parents can potentially be controlled by parents: the degree and duration of hostilities between the parents, the quality of practice parenting and the quality of the parent-child relationship.

Discussion

Children with their parents divorced see themselves differently than children whose families stayed together. What problems might also appear, they tend to their parents' divorce to make responsible. Children of divorce often have difficulties to enter into a positive relationship. Even men and women who were married, and believed the divorce was overcome oppressed the feeling of having a family problem that will not disappear. One reason for this is that children of divorce have spent an important part of their lives in a family crisis. They feel betrayed, and their sense of trust victim of violence is an issue that occupies their days. The paper discusses the risk factors for children, the resilience of children with divorced parents as well as the custodial arrangements for such children.

Risk factors for children in divorce

The consequences of divorce are usually devastating and long lasting, regardless of the quality of life that they had during the marriage. If marriage was characterized by being stable and well, will leave a very difficult to eradicate pain, because of the lasting memories that were in all family members involved, and the rest of the relatives of the couple. When studying the effects of divorce on children it is difficult to determine whether divorce itself affects them or a number of social factors are responsible for the separation. Social factors include (Lorenz & Simons, 2006):

Loss of purchasing power. The common coexistence involves saving a number of expenses that are shared. The separation leads to a loss of buying power.

Change of residence, school and friends. The parental divorce involves important changes in the child's environment. You may have to change schools, or residence. The impact of this factor in development and social adjustment of children is very important.

Forced cohabitation with a parent or family members of any of them. Not always the choice of the parent with whom one lives is what the child wants. The separate family supports additional work and often brings the necessary support for the parent who takes care of the child can perform their work or leisure activities. This factor leads to coexistence with adults, often enriching and others less so.

Decreased action of parent they do not live. The parent who is not your child permanently ceases to exercise a constant influence on it and do not think of changing ...