...Abstract – This study reviews several empirical researchers which highlight relationship between father involvement and divorced father’s psychological well-being. According to Ryff (1989) psychological well-being is active engagement in a number of existential challenges. The father not successful in marriage or divorced was not achieved Erikson’s generativity which they were unsatisfied and not well-being. However, the positive relationship between father’s senses of competence involvement in child-related activities was stronger for divorced fathers. Research consistently shows that positive father involvement provides important benefits to children. Father involvement is negatively associated with divorced father’s psychological wellbeing...
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...made out to believe that the divorce between their parents was their fault or that they aren’t loved anymore. However, children can come out strong in divorce as long as their parents can be co-parents without conflict. Divorce in America now is more common than it was back in the 1960’s and 70’s. Many couples got divorced due to infidelity and abuse. Now, in this day and age, men and women get divorced due to their own personal happiness. Professor Tamara D. Afifi spoke on a TEDxTalk in 2012 and said that many children from families who divorced and fight have more trust issues and hurt more on the inside than from children whose parents get along and co-parent without conflict. (Afifi, 2012) Each year, over 1 million American children suffer the divorce of their parents; Half of American children born this year will witness divorce with their parents. Of that 50% another 50% will experience a second divorce. (Rector & Fagan, 2000) Many believe that divorce has a negative effect on children. Not only does it cause them to have trust issues and often have relationship difficulties later in life, but they tend to dwell on the divorce as their fault. Children of divorced parents perform more poorly in reading, spelling, and math; having to repeat a grade or have a less change to go to college is also more likely. (Rector & Fagan, 2000) Afifi asked her classroom of college students a simple question that she wanted them to write down the answer to as fast as they could. The question...
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...The effects of divorce on children and adults Name: Institution: God as a parent: I agree with this notion. God displays parental roles in various ways. God cares for people. Even though this is preeminently demonstrated in the incarnation, death and resurrection of Christ numerous other biblical passages highlight the caring nature of God (Luke: 11-32). God is responsive to the human needs this can be observed in the convent which was established after the flood (Gen.9:8-17), in the rescue of Israel from Egypt, and in the free offer of restoration and mercy (John3:16). God bestows the richness on us-the only begotten son and the Holy Spirit as comforter. God shows respect for, values and cherishes us; there is not attempt to dominate, and individuals are given the freedom of being themselves. God knows human populaces, for Jesus came in human likeness; this knowledge penetrates to the core of individual’s existence. God forgives as is evident n Mathew 26:28, and John3:16. God disciplines the human populaces (Prov, 3:11-12, Revelation, 3:19) (Balswick & Judith, 2007). The discipline of Israel can be observed as an attempt of creating a faithful and obedient people. The bible taken as a whole focuses on the love and grace of God that he freely gives. Nonetheless, this unconditional love is not free of expectations and demands. God’s love entail disciplinary actions for the individuals own rectitude; His love as a parent bears a striking similarity to the parenting style...
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...1.15.1. Communicating with Children about Divorce: Divorced parents are advised to help their children talk about and share things about each other so that the children can integrate the two parents lives and life style into a whole some, meaningful system of living. Anger, hurt, jealousy, and other negative emotions may make such an adjustment hard for both adults and children. Many parents try to be honest with their children about divorce. They know that they should prepare them for the two separate households being established by their mother and father. They sense that the children need to be reassured that they are still loved by both parents. The youngsters need reassurance, too, that they are not responsible for their parent’s inability...
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...homeworkproviders.com/shop/psy-202-week-3/ PSY 202 WEEK 3 MY PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE PSY 202 WEEK 3 My Past Present and Future I am a forty one year old divorced mother of two girls that reside in rialto, California. Currently I am in my third year of college in hopes of earning a Degree in Psychology at Ashford University. This paper will reveal a few of my life experience that assisted me developing in into the woman I am today. This paper will also analyze some of these experiences using the adult development theories from this class. I will also draw attention to the long and short term goals in my life that will be accomplished through hard work and integrity. In the early years of my life I was the product of an divorced couple who should have never gotten married. My mother a CNA worker and my dad an ex marine who ended his career at retirement level as a supervisor at General Motor Cooperation. The early memories of my father was great, he would consistently pick us up every weekend. My parents had two children with each other a boy and a girl the boy being the oldest. My parents went through a very painful divorce, so early on in my childhood it was well understood they hated each other. It was obvious early on that my dad wasn’t stable, he dated quite a few women, until he married my step mother who he later divorced after...
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...of Divorce on Children Jennifer Maples Liberty University Abstract When parents reject each other by divorce that eventually ends in totally separate lives for the father and the mother, the strengths of their children are not as developed as they could be, and ore weaknesses occur in major outcomes such as derivations, addictions, abuse and failure. When fathers and mothers belong to each other in marriage their children thrive, when they are indifferent or walk away from each other or reject each other, their children do not thrive as much, and many wilt a lot. The children of parents who reject each other suffer: in deep emotional pain, ill health, depression, anxiety, even shortened life span; more drop out of school, less go to college, they earn less income, they develop more addictions to drugs and alcohol, and they engage in increased violence or suffer it within their homes. Society also suffers with more gangs, more assaults, more violence against women and children, more sexual abuse of women and children, and much bigger bills for jails, increased need for health care supplemental education, addiction programs, foster care, homelessness programs, and on and on. The expansion of all these social program budgets is directly linked to the breakdown of marriage. When mothers and fathers belong to each other and strive to belong to God in worship the greatest strengths emerge and the least problems are present. All Children are affected by divorce in some...
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...When Parents Divorce The Effects on Children June 10, 2013 PSYCH 210 ABSTRACT When a couple makes the difficult decision to file for divorce, it not only impacts them, but it impacts their children. A child’s world is their family. In a child’s eye their mother and father together is a huge part of that. Today, 6.8 out of 1,000 marriages end in divorce (CDC, 2013). Some children deal with behavioral and emotional disorders from divorce. It is always in the interest of the children, for the parents to do absolutely everything they can to get along and stay together. The toll that a divorce can take on a child can be devastating. If the parents cannot be amicable and get along even after they are apart, the child may be put in the middle of the arguments. They feel unwanted, unloved, ignored and may even feel like a pawn in a chess game. The image of a failed marriage may give the child the false impression that marriage cannot last forever. When Parents Divorce When a couple decides to end their marriage with children involved, what impact does this have on their children? It is often thought of that children are resilient and will get past it, but it seems that may not be as true as everyone thinks. A child feels safe, secure and loved when their parents are together. Changing that family dynamic can affect the child’s feelings of safety, security, and the feeling of being loved. Some factors are more obvious than others. The affects can be different from between...
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...about the incident. The head decides to write a letter to Clara's parents. After the episode Clara react like nothing ever had happened. But a few days later her parents receive the letter from Clara's school. But the mother do not become angry or sad, she begins to laugh, and then describe Clara's youth. She explains, to her boyfriend Stan that Clara used to be a prude, and that she is modest. In the end of the story, when the mother and Stan is driving towards their work, sits Clara at the table, where she begins to cry. I would like to take a look at atmosphere in this specific family. Clara's parents are divorced and she lives with her mother and this Stan. You could use many different words for the atmosphere, some of them would be Superficial and tense. The mother and Stan do not act like grown ups, or like normal parents would do, when their child strips in front of the entire school, they just make fun of her! And they do not even ask her if something is wrong. And Stan is not a father figure for Clara, He walks around in the house all most naked, and he gets to close, you could say he does not respect her privacy. The relationship between the mother and Clara is more like a friendship than a normal mother and daughter relationship. And the mothers way of learning Clara about sex is terrible, she just give Clara a magazine named: " Orgasm fact or fantasy?" and then Clara have to figure the whole thing about sex, on her own! She does not care about Clara's feelings...
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...Introduction Paragraph: What will you do if you are in emergency situation? Many people may have a fantasy of a survival in the wilderness. It may seem fantastic to collect berries, build own shelter with logs, and make a fire by friction. However, unlike the imagination, the survival in the wilderness is depicted awful. The book, Hatchet, written by Gary Paulsen express actual emergency situation. Summary: This book describes the boy named Brian Robeson’s survival in the Canadian wilderness. His parents have divorced by his mother’s affair. Brian is only able to see his father at vacation. On the way to going his father, flight unfortunately crash close to lake. He have to live for few days because there was not any people or...
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...Joy is a 2015 American semi-biographical dramafilm, written and directed by David O. Russell and starring Jennifer Lawrence as Joy (loosely based onJoy Mangano), a self-made millionaire who created her own business empire. Mangano was a divorced mother with three children in the early 1990s when she invented the Miracle Mop and became an overnight success, after which she patented many other products, often selling on the Home Shopping Network and QVC. The film is a semi-fictional and inspirational portrayal of how Mangano overcame personal and professional obstacles to rise to the top. Joy received a wide theatrical release on December 25, 2015, and is distributed by 20th Century Fox. In 1989, Joy Mangano is a divorced mother of three, working as a booking clerk for Eastern Airlines. She lives with her two young children, her mother, Terri, her grandmother, Mimi, and her ex-husband, Tony in Quogue, New York. Her parents are divorced, and her mother and father, Rudy, fight whenever her father shows up at her home. Joy's older half-sister, Peggy, is an overachiever who constantly humiliates Joy in front of her children. Peggy and Joy's father Rudy are very close. Joy's mother encourages Joy to give up her dreams of becoming a successful inventor although her grandmother and her best friend Jackie believe she will pursue her ideas and become a strong successful woman. After divorcing his third wife, Joy's father starts dating Trudy, a wealthy Italian widow with some business experience...
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...copies worldwide. Having achieved national recognition for his sports writing in the earlier part of his career, he is perhaps best known for the inspirational stories and themes that weave through his books, plays and films. He is also well known for his philanthropic work in Detroit, Michigan where he founded four charities. Main characters: The Narrator / Maria - This person narrates the novel. This character is the child of a self-destructive person. Charles “Chick” Benetto – a former baseball player. A son who always took his mother’slove for granted. Pauline “Posey” Benetto – Chick’s mother. Len Benetto – Chick’s Father. A former Soldier of World War II. A man who just thinks of what he likes and what he wants Catherine – Chick’s wife. After Posey’s death and Chick’s alcoholism she divorced him but they partially reconciled after Chick’s encounter with his dead mother Maria – Chick and Catherine’s daughter. She was born at height of Chick’s failed athletic career. She took a sport’s writing job when she was a college student Roberta – Chick’s younger sister. As a child she loves to wear ballerina shoes. She also lost contact with Chick when he was already alcoholic. Summary For One More Day by Mitch Albom is a beautiful, very touching story of a man whose life had been shattered by drinking, regret, loss and grievances. Charley “Chick” Benetto was all decided to kill himself. He was scammed into investing their family savings (he had to explain to...
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...The Dress The short story “The Dress”, written by Julia Darling in 2006, is about two sisters and the mother. The story takes place on the mother’s birthday. The main conflict is a missing silk dress of one of two sisters, and this conflict ends up coursing great damage on the structure of the family. The main characters are the two sisters Rachel and Flora, and their mother. The story takes place in a wealthy district with expensive restaurants. The sisters have very different personalities; Rachel is the neat and clever one. You can tell by the things she notices and how she describes them. For example :”… disoriented heaps of crumbled cloths…” and “Rachel wrenched the half-closed curtain back, so that the room was suddenly filled with floating specks of glistening dust.”. Flora is just the exact opposite. She is messy, jealous and childish to some degree. The story follows the storyline chronologically. The story starts with Rachel looking for her dress which has been stolen from her by her sister Flora. The story then continues in the restaurant where they are planning to celebrate their mothers’ birthday. There is a strong tension between the two sisters, which the mother immediately picks up on as they are sitting at the table. The tension continues when they come home, but evolves into a huge fight, under which they discovered that Flora had ruined the dress by burying it in the garden. The ending is very open, and makes us wonder how this problem will be solved,...
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...Parental alienation is an important fact when PA is properly recognized this condition is preventable and treatable in many standpoints. Baker, Morrison and Bernet (2010) found parental alienation to be very important mental health professionals should be more aware and understand the concept mostly the ones that work with the children, teen and divorced adults. Baker (2010) describes parental alienation as a “mental condition in which a child-usually one whose parents are engaged in a high-conflict divorce-allies himself or herself strongly with one parent (the preferred parent) and rejects a relationship with the other parent (the alienated parent) without legitimate justification.” They view this process as a tragic outcome when the child and the alienated parent who once had a great relationship a mutual feeling, but then lose the love and joyful relationship and at times these individual never overcome the situation and loose important individuals because of the alienation. . When this issue is addressed ant taken serious this condition is treatable and preventable in many ways. Paragraph#2 Paragraph #3...
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...Presenting complaint: Sarah, a thirty two year old divorced mother of two gets off of work and drives aimlessly wondering if it is worth even going home. Her kids are with their dad and with nobody to go home to, she shares that all she will do is sit on her couch watching television over a glass of wine with the hopes that she will sleep. Sarah struggles with sleep every night, even when her kids are home with her. She shares that over the last six months she has been overtaken by a sadness that affects her daily functioning at work and at home. She is able to make it through a workday, though she takes little pleasure in the job she once loved. The one pleasure Sarah has in her life is being a mother but even with that she shares the...
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...Jennyfer Medy Sociology Professor Sobel POVERTY IN SINGLE MOTHERS Poverty is defined as “the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money” (http://www.ask.com/wiki/Poverty). Poverty continues to be an epidemic we face in the United States. “According to an analysis of census data, 7.9 million people live in high-poverty neighborhoods. About 30 percent of the population in these neighborhoods is Black, 29 Hispanic, and 24 percent White. (Chapter 10/Social Class, pg.255; handout). As we take a closer look, poverty is at an all time high in single mothers. “In 1970, the number of single-parent families with children under the age of 18 was 3.8 million. By 1990, the number had more than doubled to 9.7 million” (http://www3.uakron.edu/schulze/401/readings/singleparfam.htm). According to textbook Sociology Matters by Richard T. Schaefer, “since World War II, women have constituted an increasing proportion of the poor people in the United States” (Schaefer, 2013, pg 146). The factors that lead women into poverty include the departure, disability, or a death of a husband. Single mothers are also more likely to be poor because of the lower income earnings, inadequate public assistance and lack of child support from fathers. The conflict theory is highly depicted among poverty in single women. “Conflict theorists and other observers trace the higher rates of poverty among women to three distinct factors;...
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