Divorce

Divorce Divorce: Effects on Children Many people do not know how much divorce effects children of all ages. One person has said, AHalf of the young people in study, for example were involved in serious drug and alcohol abuse, many before the age of 14" ( Kato n. pag.). Divorce has been seen by many families in recent years more so than in the earlier 1900's. Divorce does have a tremendous impact on the children involved. First of all, children feel great feelings of fear during the transition period of a divorce. They are dramatically let down by their friends for finding a way to stay together. It is quite possible that they will lose trust in family members not just the parents because they are afraid that their other family members will let them down also (ASupporting Stepfamilies@ n. pag.). Children also are afraid of getting more responsibility after one parent moves out. They often terrified of the other parent leaving (ADivorce and children...@ n. pag.). They may feel abandonment from one parent leaving or from one not showing enough attention to them. They fear being like their parents and not being children, pag, parents, divorce, stepfamilies, feel, because, parent, asupporting, about, one, friends, kato, feeling, very, family, dreger, being, become, angry, npag, make, january, interview, child, times, online, hard, guilty, fear, effects, during, 25, years, time, things, sure, said, possible, out, often, members, love, just, infotrac, guilt, great, going, feelings, enough