University of Chicago who has determined that divorce rates in a community strongly correlated and predicted robbery rate in that community - he came to this result after studying 171 cities with more than 100,000 people. Further divorced parents’ children have a higher chance of being abused and even remarriage fails to stem the levels of abuse. Besides abuse emotional suffering and trauma of separation may cause long lasting psychological damage in many children – there is also an increased chance of
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LESSEN THE IMPACT OF DIVORCE Michael Jennings DeVry University Lessen the Impact of Divorce Charlie is 9 years old and lives in a single parent home where the parent works to support the family, where not much time is spent with Charlie, who must figure certain things out on his own. Where does Charlie go after school? If no one is home having Charlie home alone is not a very good option. If siblings or friends are there but, no adult is present during the after school hours, home is still not
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Divorce Affects Teens It is life-changing and difficult on teens with divorced parents. As the numbers of divorces have increased, “1.2 million year” (U.S. Divorce Rates and Statistics), psychologists have become very interested in how teens that have been through divorce suffer from multiple problems, economical struggles, and peer discrimination. They have also studied long term effects, how teens adjust, and the issues teens with divorced parents face. For example, according to some reports
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reported that more than 1 million children each year experience their parents’ separation. Divorce or separation is a critical event happening to about 54% of young families; however nobody really is prepared for the difficulties that follow. Parental separation has been reported in the literature as being associated with a wide range of adverse effects on children’s wellbeing, both as a short-term consequence of the transition and in the form of more enduring effects that persist into adulthood.
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------------------------------------------------- The effects of divorce on your child’s classroom behavior Christian Johnson Abstract For children, divorce can be stressful sad and confusing. As a parent you can make the process and its effects less painful for your child’s stability. References: * Growing up Great: Understanding Children's Reactions to Divorce * University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension: The Effects of Divorce on Children * Plainview-Old Bethpage Congress of Teachers: Children and Divorce
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Stories however do not always have beautiful endings; the number of individuals opting for divorce has been steadily increasing over the past few years. Some problems in the marriage can be resolved through variety of ways including counseling but sometimes the only solution to living happily is by parting ways. Interestingly, divorce has many causes resulting in serious effects. There are some common causes of divorce. First of all, Couples often end up having disputes over money. In many cases one of
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Many children are negatively affected by divorce when it is fresh. In other words, children experience many of the negative affects during the first couple of years after the divorce. Children usually experience short-term effects such as anxiety, shock, anger, etc. In most cases, the effects are only temporary and fade as the child enters adulthood. However, there are some issues that will not surface until teenage years or even adulthood. For example, in a book titled The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce:
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Hanna Albers English 102 J. Orlett 3/18/15 Bibliography Arkes, Jermey. "The Temporal Effects of Parental Divorce on Youth Substance Use." Substance Use & Misuse 48.3 (2013): 290-97. EBSCO. Web. 3 Mar. 2015. **Arkowitz, Hal, and Scott O. Lilienfeld. "Is Divorce Bad for Children?" Scientific American Global RSS. 14 Feb. 2013. Web. 8 Mar. 2015. Bastaits, Kim, Koen Ponnet, and Dimitri Mortelmans. "Parenting of Divorced Fathers and the Association." Journal of Youth & Adolescence 41.12 (2012):
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094 AGREE Marriage is a union of a man and a woman; with their love combine they have children. Therefore I strongly support the statement “Married couple should not divorce, but try and work things out for the sake of their children”. Children are very emotional and take things very serious when it comes to their parents. Parents should not divorce because this has a tremendous effect on their children for instance their kids will feel rejected, fall gradually into depression, there academic
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to avoid the issues that strike us as a society and our children seem to be the ones that suffer most when decisions about the family separating or divorcing are being made. Parents seem to forget that children need stability and protection from the adult issues that can occur in their lives. These decisions will have an effect on children for their entire lives, and parents cannot imagine the long lasting effects. More and more children seem to be on the front lines of these custody battles between
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