Introduction
Broken families earn less and experience lesser levels of educational achievement whether or not a child’s married and stay married has a massive effect on his or her future prosperity and that of the next generation. Unfortunately, the growth in the number of children born into broken families in Philippine.
Children from broken families are nearly five times more likely to suffer damaging mental troubles than those whose parents stays together, Government researched has found it also showed that two parents are much better than one if children are to avoid slipping into emotional distress and anti-social behavior. The findings say that the children’s family background are important.
Marriage is also another small social system which is the foundation of a family. The dissolution of marriage contracted between men and women by the judgment of a court or by an act of the legislature is called divorce. In other words, it is the legal termination of marriage. Through marriage two individuals start to live together to continue their conjugal life as well as for the creation of new generation. But divorce has severe impact on the family and ultimately on the society. It fractures a family unit, interrupts child rearing as well as children’s and women’s socioeconomic security in the society. Though divorce has become more acceptable over time, an inverse relationship exists between socioeconomic status and divorce rate. It has been found that to establish a peaceful conjugal life some factors should be considered such as age at marriage, age gap, accepting couple’s opinion before arranging marriage, physical fitness, social and mental consistency between couples, economic solvency, equal social status etc.
Statement of the problem This study aims to knowc The psychological well-being of children is important for several reasons. First, depressed mood