Currently, approximately 40 per cent of marriages can be expected to end in divorce. When divorce occurs this affects the child in many different ways depending on their age. These effects often start with stress, depression and may eventually lead to lifelong psychological problems. The way in which the situation is handled changes the degree of problems which the child will encounter.
There are 5 main reasons for divorce. These consist of getting married for the wrong reasons , such as for money or lack of individual identity . If you are constantly with your partner you may forget your own interests and feel unimportant when they are not around. Also being lost in roles , such as when a couple get married they maybe likely to forget their …show more content…
When shared custody occurs, the child must shuffle back and forth from the mother’s to the father’s house. When a child has two homes, this makes it hard for them to identify where their real home is. Each house does not have the same stability as one does with both parents living together. When a child needs to continuously keep moving between both parents, this makes it hard to keep an equal relationship with both parents. Shared custody removes the consistency in a child’s life and what they may be allowed to do in one house may not be allowed in the other. Bed times may be different as well as general house rules. Not only does shared custody put stress on the child from consistency, but their schooling may also suffer from not only stress but financial problems at home as well. Studies show that only 50% of kids who experience shared custody go to college, mainly due to financial problems. From the survey participants from a divorced family were asked how has divorce affected their life, they responded with “It was hard having to move between two houses and keep an equal relationship with both parents” and “Everything is different now with new and extended family and always having money problems.” The graph below shows the percentage of participants who did and did not have a say in custody when their parents divorced
There are 5 main reasons for divorce. These consist of getting married for the wrong reasons , such as for money or lack of individual identity . If you are constantly with your partner you may forget your own interests and feel unimportant when they are not around. Also being lost in roles , such as when a couple get married they maybe likely to forget their …show more content…
When shared custody occurs, the child must shuffle back and forth from the mother’s to the father’s house. When a child has two homes, this makes it hard for them to identify where their real home is. Each house does not have the same stability as one does with both parents living together. When a child needs to continuously keep moving between both parents, this makes it hard to keep an equal relationship with both parents. Shared custody removes the consistency in a child’s life and what they may be allowed to do in one house may not be allowed in the other. Bed times may be different as well as general house rules. Not only does shared custody put stress on the child from consistency, but their schooling may also suffer from not only stress but financial problems at home as well. Studies show that only 50% of kids who experience shared custody go to college, mainly due to financial problems. From the survey participants from a divorced family were asked how has divorce affected their life, they responded with “It was hard having to move between two houses and keep an equal relationship with both parents” and “Everything is different now with new and extended family and always having money problems.” The graph below shows the percentage of participants who did and did not have a say in custody when their parents divorced