How Does Divorce Affect Their Children?

Ever since I was six years old my life was changed forever. I can still remember the day I found out what was going to happen. I was too young to realize what was actually going on, and what was going to happen. All I knew was that things were going to be different for the rest of my life.

When I was six years old my parents got a divorce. Divorce nowadays is so common, with 41 percent of first marriages ending in divorce. The big question is how are these parents splitting up, affecting their kids? For me, I've been affected a lot from my parents splitting. After my parents divorced, my dad shortly remarried, and moved to Michigan. I was left to live full time with my mom and see my dad once every couple months. My dad's absence really started affecting me when I started going to elementary school. I would always see all of my friends dads picking them up from school, or tossing a ball with them in the yard. I'd think to myself why can't I have a dad to play with like that? Why isn't my dad here with me? What did I do to not deserve a dad in my daily life?

During middle school, I started to learn more about why my parents got divorced, and how …show more content…
But it has been a life changer. It's taught me to be independent. Once High School started, my mom was working full time at multiple jobs. There would be days that I would not see here because she's working from when I go to bed, to when I go to sleep. I got a job as soon as I was old enough to work. I've been paying my car insurance ever since I got my car. I've been paying for my phone bill ever since I had a phone. It's taught me that you don't need a mom and dad to raise you to be successful. Its taught me to be more responsible as a person. I've had to mature at a younger age than the rest of my peers because it's been just my mom and I. My mom has to work a lot to pay for both of us, so I have a lot more responsibilities in my house, than a average high school kid would