Children are Victims of Divorce Who are the actual innocent victims of divorce? Which involved party suffers the most and has little to no say in their own family life? Children with divorced parents suffer more problems than children with married parents. Children are the casualties of divorce, who suffer the most long-lasting side effects of depression, aggression and poverty. A large number of children of divorce try to numb away their pain with illicit drug use, in addition to sexual promiscuity and many get divorced themselves later in life.
Numerous studies indicate that children with divorced parents are prone to severe depressive disorders during and post-divorce. The breakdown of their family element throws children into a deep depression. Lisa Strohscheins’ research was represented graphically in “Parental Divorce and Child Mental Health Trajectories” and the following quote speaks to the results of the study. “Results from growth curve models confirm that, even before marital breakup, children whose parents later divorce exhibit higher levels of …show more content…
To the contrary, Children are happier and healthier with parents that are happily married. Married parents provide a more stable environment for their children. According to Aseltine, “Divorce is seen as setting off a chain of negative events and transitions that are causally related to youths ' psychological distress and may be more potent stressors than the physical separation of parents”( Aseltine 134). Cleveland compares single parent families caused by death, divorce and never married children reaching a conclusion. “Children from two-parent households whose fathers died are less likely to exhibit subsequent behavior problems than children from mother-only families whose mothers divorced or gave birth out of wedlock” (Cleveland
Numerous studies indicate that children with divorced parents are prone to severe depressive disorders during and post-divorce. The breakdown of their family element throws children into a deep depression. Lisa Strohscheins’ research was represented graphically in “Parental Divorce and Child Mental Health Trajectories” and the following quote speaks to the results of the study. “Results from growth curve models confirm that, even before marital breakup, children whose parents later divorce exhibit higher levels of …show more content…
To the contrary, Children are happier and healthier with parents that are happily married. Married parents provide a more stable environment for their children. According to Aseltine, “Divorce is seen as setting off a chain of negative events and transitions that are causally related to youths ' psychological distress and may be more potent stressors than the physical separation of parents”( Aseltine 134). Cleveland compares single parent families caused by death, divorce and never married children reaching a conclusion. “Children from two-parent households whose fathers died are less likely to exhibit subsequent behavior problems than children from mother-only families whose mothers divorced or gave birth out of wedlock” (Cleveland