My Parents Divorced My Family

I never grew up in a house with a mom and dad and the same friends. My parents divorced when I was five years old. Two homes, two separate lives, and both were completely different experiences. At one home I was happy, I had friends and a dog. The other house it was just my father and I, no friends or contact with the outside world. Growing up as a child of divorce many things have left lasting effects on me such as issues with myself, problems between my father and I, and the separation of myself and my paternal family. When I was five my parents divorced and my life was forever changed. I began having to follow a visitation schedule between my parents. Every Tuesday and Thursday I would visit my father for a few hours and then every other weekend I was forced to stay at his home beginning on Friday evening into Sunday afternoon. Shuffling …show more content…
He would make comments about how one of my uncles were looking really old or that your sister caused all the problems between your mother and I. More often say my mom made up lies about him. As I grew up I felt estranged from him to summarize my feelings, “Parental estrangement...; it refers to a child 's rejection of a parent for a good reason.” (Bernet). I began to reject him around the age of seven because he would say the people who I loved and cared for me weren’t good people.
Sometimes he would make direct comments at me. One time in particular I remember him pointing out a woman saying, “Doesn’t she walk funny? It’s because she is fat and you 're going to end up just like her if you keep eating donuts.” I’ve been told by him that I stand weird, that I am going to end up hunchbacked, and repeatedly that I am overweight. Sadly research has proven that “parents who are critical and unsupportive… can have a negative impact on their children’s beliefs about themselves.” (Michael 18). His comments have stuck with me for years and they probably will stay with