Divorce is the one of the leading causes of the reasons families break up. Divorce is a very fragile situation and effects children just as much as the parents. The divorce rate continues to escalate .According to Cherlin; about one in every two marriages will end in divorce. Around 60% of those divorcing couples have children (Cherlin, 2012). Half of the marriages in America end in divorce, and more than half of those couples have children, which means that in about every other divorce that is filed in America, a child is impacted. Between 850,000 and 950,000 divorces occur each year (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC. 2014).Children with divorced or divorcing parents often experience a sense of abandonment, because their parents
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According to Foulkes-Jamison girls tend to be more anxious and withdrawn in comparison to boys.Foulkes-Jamison also suggests that boys will react more aggressive and disobedient than girls. Girls from divorced families may become sexually active earlier than girls from intact families (Foulkes-Jamison, 2001). Boys tend to adjust to better when their mothers remarry; girls tend to have a hard time adjusting to their mother’s new marriage. Children of divorced families are more inclined to have long-term adjustment problems when there is an ongoing conflict between their parents. Re more likely to have behavior issues after a divorce (Foulkes-Jamison, …show more content…
Young children are not able to reciprocate what is happening they tend to blame themselves a child that young most likely does not know what divorce means. They also feel like their parents will leave them due to the fact they left each other. They may also believe that their parents will stop loving them because they stop loving each other (Gordon, 2015). They will also worry about how they will get the necessities they need. Preschoolers may wonder how they may eat or who will feed them. Fear of the unknown can cause them to over analyze the situation. Young children need to be told clearly and often that their parents will take care of them, and that both parents still love them. They need to be told that they are still a family, no matter where each family member lives. Parents should also avoid conflict in front of the children. Young children will listen to their parents’ arguing and may think they are to blame (Gordon,
According to Foulkes-Jamison girls tend to be more anxious and withdrawn in comparison to boys.Foulkes-Jamison also suggests that boys will react more aggressive and disobedient than girls. Girls from divorced families may become sexually active earlier than girls from intact families (Foulkes-Jamison, 2001). Boys tend to adjust to better when their mothers remarry; girls tend to have a hard time adjusting to their mother’s new marriage. Children of divorced families are more inclined to have long-term adjustment problems when there is an ongoing conflict between their parents. Re more likely to have behavior issues after a divorce (Foulkes-Jamison, …show more content…
Young children are not able to reciprocate what is happening they tend to blame themselves a child that young most likely does not know what divorce means. They also feel like their parents will leave them due to the fact they left each other. They may also believe that their parents will stop loving them because they stop loving each other (Gordon, 2015). They will also worry about how they will get the necessities they need. Preschoolers may wonder how they may eat or who will feed them. Fear of the unknown can cause them to over analyze the situation. Young children need to be told clearly and often that their parents will take care of them, and that both parents still love them. They need to be told that they are still a family, no matter where each family member lives. Parents should also avoid conflict in front of the children. Young children will listen to their parents’ arguing and may think they are to blame (Gordon,