“Forty-three percent of children growing up in America today are being raised without their fathers”(www.mckinleyirvin.com) and “Seventy-Five percent of children with divorced parents live with their mother”(www.mckinleyirvin.com).”Divorce introduces a massive change into the life of a boy or girl no matter what the age”(www.psychologytoday.com).Due to the separation of parents,children can change their behavior,academic performance ,and can affect their emotions.
Studies show that children with divorced parents have more behavioral and conduct problems rather than children with intact parents.Their behavior changes into a more aggressive,impulsive,and antisocial behaviors and more problems with their relationships with their mother and/or …show more content…
Academic performance can also be impacted because of divorce. .When parents break their relationship,children might focus on the divorce rather than on their education.Some are not likely to attend college.What makes them distracted is they are thinking about the divorce.They might think what was the cause of the divorce,will they ever get back together,what will happen to me,who am I going to live with.When my parents got divorced my grades dropped severely.I was distracted due to the divorce,but I know that I have to move on and not only think about that.If I kept thinking about it I might of dropped out of school,never joined Infinity Early College High School.Some statistics show that“Fewer children of divorce graduate from high school,however.About 10% fewer children go on to college if their parents are divorced and they are about 30% less likely to receive their college degree compared to children of married parents.”(Alan J.Hawkins,Ph.D and Tamara A.Fackrell,J.D.Pg 83) in the
Studies show that children with divorced parents have more behavioral and conduct problems rather than children with intact parents.Their behavior changes into a more aggressive,impulsive,and antisocial behaviors and more problems with their relationships with their mother and/or …show more content…
Academic performance can also be impacted because of divorce. .When parents break their relationship,children might focus on the divorce rather than on their education.Some are not likely to attend college.What makes them distracted is they are thinking about the divorce.They might think what was the cause of the divorce,will they ever get back together,what will happen to me,who am I going to live with.When my parents got divorced my grades dropped severely.I was distracted due to the divorce,but I know that I have to move on and not only think about that.If I kept thinking about it I might of dropped out of school,never joined Infinity Early College High School.Some statistics show that“Fewer children of divorce graduate from high school,however.About 10% fewer children go on to college if their parents are divorced and they are about 30% less likely to receive their college degree compared to children of married parents.”(Alan J.Hawkins,Ph.D and Tamara A.Fackrell,J.D.Pg 83) in the