Divorce

Terrell Cochran

Mr. Snow

B5 English III

1 March 2016

Effect on Children of Divorce

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A divorce happens when married couples don’t want to live together anymore, and ending their marriage. If married couples had children and want a divorce, then one of the parents will have custody of the children and make an arrangement for the other parent. Some parents agree that their divorce had an effect on their children’s behavior, but others say no. This view, however, conflict of observed studies. Divorce have a greater effect on the children than a death of one parent. It’s true that divorce is neither the best, or the worst option, but, either way, it still can effect on the children. How children would change if their parents had a divorce because of its psychological effects, emotional effects, and marital conflict on children. 

In fact, one of the most effective ways that most divorced children’s behavioral change is the partial loss of one parent. Study shows that most children are living with one parent without the other because their parents had a divorce. For example, “Forty-two percent (teens) lived with just one parent; in most cases, it was because the parents had divorced, Teens & Relationships, Chapter 3 Page 36.” This quote tells us that 42% of divorced teens are living with one parent instead of two. Another example, “Sixteen-year-old Matt Crellin told the Maine Sunday Telegram about his trouble relating to his divorced parents, who were living in different towns, Teens & Relationships, Chapter 3 Page 39. This quote talks about a teenager named Matt, who parents are divorced, and lived in different towns is having problems with his parents. The partial loss of one parent is one of most effective ways that most divorced children’s change. 

Another way that divorced children’s behavioral change is parental conflict. This starts when the children see or overhear...