Divorced Parents

Divorced couples who have existing children from their past marriage(s) have a tendency to have an unstable relationship not only with their exes, but with their own children. Due to the effects of stress and miscommunication in a divorce, children of younger ages tend to have difficulties developing as they should and can affect their academics, personal relationships, and self-worth. Children from divorced families are at a higher risk of emotional/behavioral concerns that can show as early as one year before the divorce of their parents (Dillman, Purswell, Lindo, Jayne, & Fernando, 2011). Out of 299 million people in the United States, approximately 10.6% are divorced and 2.2% are separated (Dillman et. al, 2011). Divorce rates have since increased and many children nowadays deal with being with their parents separately. Though divorce does happen many parents, either the one or both of them, do have concerns towards their children and are looking for assistance on how they can rebuild their parent-child relationship and change the child’s confusing emotions and negative behavior. The following article being reviewed speaks of …show more content…
al, 2011). The CPRT focuses more on developing parent’s parental skills, providing necessary education and practice that can be used to patch up one’s relationship with their children to which could improve both the parent(s) and the child’s behaviors/emotions concerning the divorce. As for any research-based program, necessary criteria were met in order to make this project collect all essential and legit data in order to determine the effectiveness on the CPRT. Overall, as described the authors, the program is noted to be effective as parents noticed a positive change in their children’s behavior/emotions both at home and at