Essay On Parents Divorced

Today divorce is a tragedy that plagues our families. Split families are becoming more of a popular trend than a “need to be” life decision. Children are being shown the unruly world of single family homes. I would know because I was one of those kids, my parents divorced when I was around 5 years old and I didn’t notice how it had taken effect on my life until I was old enough to understand why my parents divorced. The constant back and forth about court dates and being reminded about past situation was never what I envisioned a child would have to go through but I didn’t mind it at that time. The best part for me about court dates was having both of my parents in one room with one focus and that was my sister and I, those are the moments that I treasure from my childhood. In the courts there is a system that allows visitation for that parent that does not have custody of the child. Supervised or unsupervised the parents got a chance to be in the life of their children if parents cannot agree on visitation without the court help. Court systems should set a mandatory visitation where both the mothers and fathers …show more content…
When a child misbehaves in a family who is divorced they feed off the negative energy from either one of the parents. If the courts where to set mandatory visitations and counseling with the families and children this could eliminate the amount of children who are dealing with the effects of separation. Being in this environment at a young age I seen and experienced the of trying to mask the emotions of not having my parents as a family. I have seen many of my childhood friends fall onto the wrong path and some even take their life because of not knowing how to deal with the separation anxiety that comes with divorce. This is easily resolved with the help instead of the harm of courts. Although the arguments start when the parent has substance abuse problem