INTRODUCTION
According to the Marriage and Religion Research Institute, it has estimated that every year, over one million American children suffer because of divorce of their parents. When this happens, the child or children are faced with multiple stressors. The divorce introduces massive changes in the life of the child from what was previously perceived to be normal. Things such as witnessing the loss of love between their parents and breaking up their marriage, living in a different household setting, and the daily absence of one parent in the family can have a profound effect on the child. Research studies have been conducted to show the implication of divorce on children’s well-being, show that children’s well-being of divorced parents …show more content…
However, these studies have only concentrated on the short-term effects of divorce on children. This study studies long-term effects of divorce on children, focusing on the education performance of children from divorced families, and compares it with children who are in intact families (Afifi, 2013). The paper aims to fill the gaps that have been identified in literature through focusing on the effects of parental breakup on the tertiary educational achievement. This will be achieved by combining different insights of research i.e. studying the consequences of divorce and the family structure, and examining the effects of divorce on educational attainment (Amato P. R., 2014). To address this, this paper will seek to answer the following questions:
• What extent do long-term effects of divorce have on the education attainment of the children, and does the parents’ education level matter in this case?
• Is the type of education system a factor regarding of the education achievement of the children who are in a divorced …show more content…
The parent may need to work extra hours, and may not be available to provide schoolwork assistance for the children, increasing the likelihood of the child failing at school because of the new situation (Moon, 2011). In addition, the child may be forced to switch schools, and go to a ‘public’ school, and the change of setting can have a negative impact on the child’s success at school. Using these considerations, one can expect that highly educated parents who have superior economic resources, and skills to cope with their children’s and their feelings of stress (Wijckmans, 2013). Therefore, they can deal with the negative long-term effects that are associated with divorce to their children’s educational achievement (Amato P. R., 2014).
In societies where there are less educated parents, only a few talented children can achieve high education success (Johnson, 2011). Few children from poor backgrounds can qualify to the university, and therefore, divorce cannot be assumed to be a hurdle towards their educational success. Previous research on racial differences tends to support this argument. The studies that have been conducted in the USA show that the consequences of divorce for children in African American families is less pronounced than for children
According to the Marriage and Religion Research Institute, it has estimated that every year, over one million American children suffer because of divorce of their parents. When this happens, the child or children are faced with multiple stressors. The divorce introduces massive changes in the life of the child from what was previously perceived to be normal. Things such as witnessing the loss of love between their parents and breaking up their marriage, living in a different household setting, and the daily absence of one parent in the family can have a profound effect on the child. Research studies have been conducted to show the implication of divorce on children’s well-being, show that children’s well-being of divorced parents …show more content…
However, these studies have only concentrated on the short-term effects of divorce on children. This study studies long-term effects of divorce on children, focusing on the education performance of children from divorced families, and compares it with children who are in intact families (Afifi, 2013). The paper aims to fill the gaps that have been identified in literature through focusing on the effects of parental breakup on the tertiary educational achievement. This will be achieved by combining different insights of research i.e. studying the consequences of divorce and the family structure, and examining the effects of divorce on educational attainment (Amato P. R., 2014). To address this, this paper will seek to answer the following questions:
• What extent do long-term effects of divorce have on the education attainment of the children, and does the parents’ education level matter in this case?
• Is the type of education system a factor regarding of the education achievement of the children who are in a divorced …show more content…
The parent may need to work extra hours, and may not be available to provide schoolwork assistance for the children, increasing the likelihood of the child failing at school because of the new situation (Moon, 2011). In addition, the child may be forced to switch schools, and go to a ‘public’ school, and the change of setting can have a negative impact on the child’s success at school. Using these considerations, one can expect that highly educated parents who have superior economic resources, and skills to cope with their children’s and their feelings of stress (Wijckmans, 2013). Therefore, they can deal with the negative long-term effects that are associated with divorce to their children’s educational achievement (Amato P. R., 2014).
In societies where there are less educated parents, only a few talented children can achieve high education success (Johnson, 2011). Few children from poor backgrounds can qualify to the university, and therefore, divorce cannot be assumed to be a hurdle towards their educational success. Previous research on racial differences tends to support this argument. The studies that have been conducted in the USA show that the consequences of divorce for children in African American families is less pronounced than for children