Divorced Family Effects

Not everyone in life will stay together forever. Sometimes relationships end for the better and we just have to deal with the reprecussions that follow as best as we can. After my parents got divorced, my mother and I were pretty much on our own. Money was always tight for us, yet we always seemed to manage to pull through one way or another. Fortunately, my mom was receiving child support from my father after the divorce, but not all parents can say that after a separation. There are many effects on children that come from a divorce and a select few of them include: major moving/family adjustments, being caught in the middle, and even relationship issues.
One way a kid can be affected by when their parents get divorced is the adjustment to moving around and possibly meeting a new family. Going on vacation away from home is always fun for a kid. However, when a child is forced to move to a new house or even change to a new school, the excitement of traveling seems to diminish a bit. Not only will the child live with one parent, but depending on the custody, he/she may end up having 2 homes to go back and forth to. Another major adjustment that can cause some strain on a child of divorced …show more content…
My experience unfortunately happened twice and I get effected in the same way that I did the first time around. Except now my energy is focused on my younger siblings than it is on me, because I can personally relate to what they are going through. A few of the major effects that children go through with divorced parents can range from new adaptions, being stuck in the middle, or even to how they develop relationships as they grow older. These effects are not the only ones and some even range from being only short term to long term. Not everyone in life will stay together forever. Sometimes relationships end for the better and we just have to deal with the reprecussions that follow as best as we