Children have a major effect on marriages and their parents. The divorce rate for couples with children is 40 percent lower than those couples without. Children can grow a marriage and make it strong and have a wonderful family. A picture titled, …show more content…
Half of all children in america will witness their parents first divorce. Half of that will also witness that parents second marriage divorce. Divorced couples also report lower levels of happiness in an article titled, “Divorce Has a Negative Effect on Psychological, Economic, and Social Well-Being Both for Former Spouses and Children of Divorced Parents”, which can in turn affect the child greatly. These children that suffer from a divorce are at a higher risk of depression and reduced achievement. Children learn from their parents and when they see a divorce they are 4 times more likely to divorce later in their life depending on their position of the divorce or what they thought about …show more content…
They might say that the kid would be better not seeing the arguments they would have and that the child should live with them at separate times for the kids sake. While that may be true, the child will never get to know what it’s like to have a mother and father that love each other and get to do things together. He might see it as unfair that other kids get too, but they don’t get that experience. Not only that, but they would live on a lower income without have any say in the matter. The child would grow up at a higher risk of depression and possibly end up resenting one parent over the