Does Divorce Cause Teen Violence?

The support and presence of two healthy parents in a child’s life is important to establish a bright future for the child. When a child is young, a parent is the most influential figure in their eyes. The role of a parent to a child is important because they are fully taken care of and the child knows he or she can rely on them. With two strong parents, nurture is fully given to the child which is important in order to grant them morals and proper development. A child sees themselves as a main priority to its parents and raises esteem and the way they perceive others. Two parents are ideal in the development of a child’s life. A single parent can’t take up the father figure or the mother figure at once because it isn’t possible to know how …show more content…
Divorce causes emotional effects among teenagers as well as the couple. Teens have the most trouble revealing their emotions explicitly. A variety of mediums are used in order to release the pain felt. Many find different ways to cope with the divorce and result in being negative ways. John suggests what the results are of a divorce in a teenager’s life, in What Are the Causes of Teen Violence?, by explaining that “…teens become more aggressive, higher dropout rates, more anxiousness, more sexually active at an early stage, and higher rates of drug and alcohol addiction when dealing with recent family separation.” Not only does divorce put teens in a stressful situation but the process makes them have to mature faster. Teenagers enter the adult world faster by having to take up new responsibilities with the shortage of a parent and taking care of younger siblings. Nurture is also shortened as a result of the parents being tired or fatigued and depressed as well which leads the teen to finds his own ways in life. A lot of stress can be put onto the teen and make them even more frustrated with life than they already were and can lead them to find risky escape routes such as drugs or …show more content…
If that is the case, then the process of obtaining alcoholic drinks will not bother them so much because they already have alcoholic parents at home with bottles and bottles to spare. Excessive alcohol intake leads to a person being addicted to it and just like it changes adults, it can change teenagers as well. Teens will experience more violent and aggressive behaviors. This is where crime will begin to take part in the teen’s life. People around them will start fearing the teen doing something violent around them. Many victims are at stake as it is easy for an alcohol-crazed to commit any given crime the devious brain desires. Teenagers won’t be able to notice that they have a problem and will withdraw from friends and family to continue their new lives in