...The Effects of Divorce on Children ENG215 Research and Writing The Effects of Divorce on Children These days most people accept divorce as a way of life, completely unaware of the damage they are doing to their children. Half of all American children will witness the breakup of a parent’s marriage. Of all children born to married parents, fifty percent of those will experience the divorce of their parents before they graduate from high school. Compared to children from homes disrupted by death, children from divorced homes have more psychological problems and actually the death of a parent is less devastating to a child than the divorce. When children are involved in a divorce, it often leads to a wide variety of problems down the road and not just for the couple divorcing. It is unbelievable how many people get a divorce without looking into what kind of effect it might have on their children. Unfortunately, the traumatic effects of divorce on children stay with them throughout their childhood and continue on into their adult lives. And in most cases, couples find themselves involving their children in divorce which only makes things worse. When you first break the news to your child that you are getting a divorce, their initial reaction might vary from extreme anger, to sadness, to immediately thinking that the breakup is their fault. One of the most damaging effects of divorce on children is the different outlets they turn to in an effort to deal with...
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...In life, things happen. Divorce just happens to be one of those things. In every marriage there are problems. No marriage is perfect. If the spouses choose not to share how they are feeling then chances of reaching a divorce at some point is very likely. I think that people do not take marriage vows serious. It seems that divorce is much easier than to work things out. “In the United States, researchers estimate that 40%–50% of all first marriages, and 60% of second marriages, will end in divorce. The most common reasons people give for their divorce are lack of commitment, too much arguing, infidelity, marrying too young, unrealistic expectations, lack of equality in the relationship, lack of preparation for marriage, and abuse,” according...
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...Impact of Divorce on Children March 23, 2014 PSYC 210 How does divorce impact the lives of children? Will the children be fine with the decision or will they have some sort of breakdown. Divorce can effect children differently depending on the ages of the children at the time. For example a child that is two, who would not understand the concept of divorce but may understand that there is tension in the house. After the divorce, although it may take a few months’ things will become normal. Whereas if the child was ten then a divorce would cause some behavioral issues and issues in school. If the divorce impacts the child negatively will the children have negative views on marriage and if so will children those chose not to marry? Each child handles divorce differently depending on age and gender, the long term effects also differ from child to child. These are the questions I hope to answer in my research paper. According to researchers fifty percent of first marriages end in a divorce. The percentage rates for second and third marriages are even higher, between sixty and seventy percent. Although marriages with children have a lower divorce rate there is still a twenty to thirty percent rate of divorce between married couples with children. Fifty percent of children are from divorced families. Children who are from a divorced family generally have a greater chance of getting a divorce when they marry as well. Most...
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...Divorce affects children of every ethnic background, religion, and socioeconomic status. Approximately 50% of all first marriages will end in divorce, with over 1 million children being affected per year (Ahrons, 2007). Chaos and stress, probably feelings that have been prevalent for some time prior to divorce, result and impact the now divided family unit. Children are particularly vulnerable to the affects of divorce. Unable to understand and process such complex matters of life, children resort to alternative ways of expressing their heartache and confusion. Not only is there an emotional impact on these children’s lives but there is also a psychological impact with these children dealing with the effects of relocation. Children are forced to become independent and moral thinkers at such a young age which they might not be mentally prepared for which can result in future consequences. A major contributor to the well being of children after a divorce are the parents who need to remain attentive to their children’s needs and stay active participants in their growing years. This outlines the systems theory which describes how the family needs to work out strategies to deal with new challenges at each stage of life. In order for children to recover a stable perspective of the family after a divorce, the parents must take into consideration the emotional stability of their children, the effects of relocation and possible child coping strategies to help this difficult process...
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...Finding Magical Answers to Parenting Parenting feels as if it should just come natural, like a new born foal knowing its mother by the first scent. However, many people who become parents for the first time realize that this knowledge does not appear with the wave of a wand. A parent must make many decisions in the course of their lifetime concerning the welfare of their children and those decisions can and will have tremendous effects on their children’s lives. Some of these decisions can be very heart-wrenching because a parent has to make a decision without knowing exactly how the decision will change their children’s life. The children may view these decisions very differently. A parent must consider how their decisions will affect the many aspects of their children’s lives in order for that child to grow and learn successfully. In the poem, I Go Back To May, 1937 by Sharon Olds, the author paints a picture through the eyes of a child. The author describes how she goes back in time to see her youthful parents about to graduate and get married. The child sees her parents as innocent, unknowing and not wanting to hurt anyone. She reflects on her past and wants to say, “Stop, don’t do it-she’s the wrong woman, he’s the wrong man, you are going to do things bad things to children” (Olds, 449). But the child does not do it, she wants to live. The child is dreams of stopping her parents from marrying; obviously, the child has felt immense pain during her childhood with her...
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...Divorce and the effects on Children When most people get married, they don’t go into marriage thinking that in five to ten years they will be getting a divorce; especially after having children. We can sit back and pretend it’s not going to happen but it happens more often than what we realize and children are the most affected by a divorce. Children become disillusioned by a divorce, for better or worse, children look to adults to help make sense of the world they live in. Unfortunately, from the child’s point of view, much of what they are taught defies understanding. It is clear to even the youngest child that what adults say is appropriate behavior bears little resemblance to what adults actually do. Children are keen observers; they see famous men who lie and still hold high office, adults who cheat and yet avoid being caught, and adults who kill in the name of religion. They are all too aware of adults who create problems and neglect to solve them, and adults who abuse themselves or others; but who are nevertheless heralded as heroes. Children not only experience questionable adult behavior at a distance, but also close-up in their own families, are at the most risk for growing up feeling alienated, angry and distrustful of the adult world. There are in excess of fifteen million children in the US who have experienced first hand the dissolution of their family by the process of divorce. Divorce, unfortunately, brings out the worst in people and parenting...
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...Potential Effects of Divorce Throughout Different Stages of a Child’s Development Nisha S. Sunny Child Development: APSY 203 Professor: Catherine Walker Divorce in the American society is becoming an increasingly common trend as the years go by. Fifty percent of all marriages end in divorce and with each passing year, about 2 million children are brought into a whirlwind filled with changes and chaos after their parent’s separation (Divorce Rate). During this period of turmoil and intense emotion, the child is expected to rebuild numerous aspects of their lives and understand a series of complex events. They are most likely to see the sudden difference in financial stability, new duties around the house and may receive less nurturing from their parents as well. These series of events will lead to a difference in each of Urie Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems, which include, the microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, and the chronosystem. This ecological systems theory primarily puts the center of attention on the quality of a child’s environment and also focuses on how these complex layers will each effect a child’s development through the divorce period. Many may think that while a child of divorce is in their infant stage, that a divorce will not affect their lives. This is mainly because it is believed that the child will automatically grow into a life where they are used to their parents being separated and not...
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...The Effects of Divorce on Children Christopher M Quinn Developmental Psychology Liberty University Abstract This research paper will attempt to shed light of the very real issue of the effects of divorce on children in the United States and abroad. It is estimated that currently fifty-three percent of all marriages in the United States end in divorce or other less than amicable methods; of these marriage dissolutions, seven out of ten involve children. This paper will attempt to connect the negative psychological impacts that are attached to the lives of children especially in the vulnerable early developmental stages of a child’s life. This research paper will pull from many different reputable sources that include a prominent university, psychiatric journals, and accredited psychology research papers. Today in the United States of America over fifty percent of all marriages, no matter what religion joined the couple, end in a divorce or less than amicable circumstances. There have been many theories presented over time as to why divorce occurs and why these rates have increased so dramatically over the last forty years. Some believe that the economy may play a role; others believe that the length of the engagement or relationship plays an important part; the couple living together prior to marriage “increases” the chance that divorce will result; or not cohabitating prior to marriage may contribute as the transition period is too stressful; still others believe...
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...Considering all the repercussions involved in divorce, such as economic and emotional damage, is it better to stay in an unhappy marriage for the sake of the children? Divorce creates a vicious family cycle that is most difficult to break once it has begun. Psychological, economic and emotional methods of thinking must be completely reconfigured in order to have a remote chance that the cycle in families will break. Divorce represents a catastrophic change in the marital cycle. Divorce may bring to light many areas of marital conflict that children could be previously unaware of (Hines, 1997). So much of a child’s happiness and fulfillment is dependent upon their parents. It may be difficult for children to avoid taking sides in parental disputes and conflicts that occur during or after the divorce or separation. How divorce affects the child and child-parent relationships, the legal implications of divorce on the couple, and the impact of divorce on the society at large will be examined. Much evidence from various sources concurs with the theory that children, who are directly exposed to divorce, suffer more than children from intact families in a variety of ways. They exhibit more conduct problems, more symptoms of psychological problems, lower academic achievement, more social difficulties and worse self-esteem (Amarto, 1997). Although various legal and therapeutic interventions are used to improve the well being of children of divorce, little research has been conducted to...
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...Short Introduction to Trading Theory (S.A.Bartlett) Markets possess both complex dynamic and quantum system qualities. Complex as current dynamics are fully determined by current conditions, with every resulting action or cause producing a reaction or effect, forming the base of subsequent future actions. Quantum as states of equilibrium and disequilibrium occurs between different price bands. With the inherit behaviour of dynamic systems highly sensitive to initial conditions, behaviour of price trends remain a deterministic non-periodic flow, with the perceived construction of trends a by-product of the intra and inter day assorted occurrences exhibiting force upon one another. As the occurrence of these deterministic non-periodic flows exhibit both the reflexivity and factual states of the market; reflexive in its self perpetuating/self defeating distribution, fractural in its display of similar dimensional structure, any qualitative trajectory remains highly dependant on the initial conditions. Given the complex dynamical structure of markets, where the initial conditions remain unstable, bifurcating in accordance with the proceeding reaction or effect, the production of long term (fortnightly, monthly quarterly etc) probability distributions remains highly inaccurate. However, as the use of the mathematical models measuring the structural stability, underlying dynamics and non-linear movement of the basin of attraction, the calculation of the probable short...
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...astronomer Michele Henon.[2] [5] [pic] Fig. 1 Henon map with parameters a = 1.4 and b = 0.3. The chaotic behavior of the attractor has many physical applications. Such as: ▪ Application to the transverse betatron motion in cyclic accelerators ▪ Application of the Henon Chaotic Model on to design of low density parity ▪ Application to Financial Markets ▪ Application on area-conserving ▪ Deterministic chaos in financial time series by recurrence plots ▪ Application to the motion of stars Application in air bubble formation Introduction Below the explanation of how the Henon attractor effects a real life application is presented, which is based on the bubble formation. This experiment took place in order to detect the chaotic dynamics that give the bubble shape and motion. By using the methodology that is described below, observations using topological characterization, a chaotic region where some reconstructed attractors resemble Henon-like attractors, which visualize a possible route to chaos in bubbling dynamics. The formation of air bubbles was studied submerging nozzle in a water/glycerol solution inside a...
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...Film Analysis 1 Fine Arts Film- Spring 2014 Order and Chaos in Jurassic Park First time watching Jurassic Park the theme that stands out most is Man vs. Nature but this is not the best fit. The true theme is almost shown straight forward during the helicopter ride to the island when Dr. Malcolm states, “John doesn't subscribe to Chaos, particularly what it has to say about his little science project!” (Koepp 19) pitting him against Hammond. These two are the most obvious players in the chaos game, but Dr. Sattler against Dr. Grant and the Tyrannosaurus Rex (T. rex) against the Velociraptors (Raptors) are also players. The other characters do not have as defined roles but still play into the game. They all have a common theme: Chaos vs. Order. Most of the main characters arrive on the island on the same helicopter. The first view inside shows Hammond, Dr. Sattler, and Dr. Grant on the right with Dr. Malcolm and Gennaro on the left. This scene shows who is on which side of the line, but Hammond’s and Dr. Malcolm’s conflict with each other is most prevalent. Hammond is wearing all white while Dr. Malcolm is, “dressed all in black” (Koepp 18) adding visual representation of the polar difference between chaos and order. Chaos and order is the root topic during the Velociraptor birth and lunch scene. Dr. Sattler and Dr. Grant debate which will win in the end but Dr. Malcolm and Hammond have already made up their minds. Chaos is thrown its first blow when Dr. Malcolm is hurt by the...
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...CAHMS is an organisation that is striving to meet the growing and diverse needs of the population of children and young people. It has a network of mental health and psychiatry, in which the different units offer a wide range of services, coordinate among themselves for the information exchange, the dynamic definition of the respective areas competition, including patient flow, and joint activities, including the promotion and protection of mental health, such as treatment and rehabilitation of diseases. The concept of network at CAHMS refers to the links established between people, groups and / or institutions, each having its own characteristics and particular, they recognise the basic need to bond and work together to compliance with common objectives, sharing a space of equality, where relations are horizontal and different knowledge and contributions are recognised (Swayne, et.al, 2012). The service network at CAHMS emerges from a new model of care that translates axis from the physical structure of an establishment (office, hospital) the clinical benefits or acts supplied by a group of establishments, programs, health equipment, professional and technical, and self-help organisations (Users and family), which may even have different dependencies administrative and / or financial, public or private. The various network components They must be articulated consistently so as to ensure the diversity and intensity of the care required by the patient and family, continuity of...
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...Shifting Paradigms: From Newton to Chaos In the article “Shifting Paradigms: From Newton to Chaos”, Toby Tetenbaum argues that Chaos theory, a term used to describe nonlinear complex systems and organizations, can be used to study change in organizations. Unlike Newtonian scientists who believed that “…relationships between cause and effect are simple, clear and linear.” , Tetenbaum argues that due to the information era organizations are more complex with employees working anytime from dispersed locations. The increasing speed of communications and the demand for knowledge sharing has also contributed to more of a self managed model. Consequently, Tetenbaum says that the 21st century manager’s role must consist of 5 critical skills. He/she must be able to: 1) Manage the Transition, 2) Build Resilience, 3) Destabilize the System, 4) Manage Order and Disorder, the Present and the Future, and 5) Create and maintain a Learning Organization. In the first role, “Managing the Transition”, Tetenbaum explains that organizations are moving from the industrial to the information era. Both employees and managers have to change their attitudes towards how work is done and how problems are solved. In the industrial era workers take orders from upper management and follow instructions to ensure the expected results. Their knowledge and practices are based on proven skills and experiences previously tested. Transitioning to an information era would mean letting go of what is...
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...Chaos: A short Introduction Scientists have been coming up with theories for thousands of years now. The theories have been tried and tested have been altered and improved to better understand why certain things happen in and out of this world. Many of these theories are still in the works and our not fully comprehendible and scientists have been working hard to achieve breakthroughs in these areas. One such theory has achieved several breakthroughs within the past couple of years and that theory is called Chaos Theory. This theory first started out mainly as a sort of fictitious happening only read about in novels until lately when scientist have discovered that this theory may have more effect than previously deliberated. In Leonard Smith’s book, “Chaos: A Very Short Introduction” he gives an understandable account of what the Chaos Theory is and how it affects the environment around us. Leonard explains to the reader how the Chaos Theory works through mathematical diagrams, models, and simulations to show the possible results the theory could claim on the environment around us. The book is for the most part easy to understand and gives the reader a sufficient understanding even if the reader does not have a background in mathematics or science. Chaos theory first came about when scientist decided they wanted to be able to predict the future more accurately of certain events happening. The theory takes a look at the initial beginning of a system and tries to determine...
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