How Divorce Affects Children. 1  How children are affected by divorce is a question of huge importance to your children and, of course, to you. Sadly, experts sometimes are confused about how divorce affects children, and they can offer parents conflicting advice. That's why I emphasize what research tells us in The Truth about Children and Divorce.
http://www.emeryondivorce.com/how_divorce_affects_children.php
This article summarizes many of the common psychological and emotional effects divorce has on men, women and children. The divorce rate in the United States is the highest in the world. Over fifty percent of marriages end in divorce. Welcome to the majority.
http://www.mediate.com/articles/psych.cfm
A common impact of parental divorce on children is not the inability to love but the loss of trust that gets in the way of forming committed loving relationships. In counseling, exploring how to dare to trust can often open the door to the possibility of love.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/surviving-your-childs-adolescence/201112/the-impact-divorce-young-children-and-adolescents
Divorce Effects and Prevalence. It may be helpful to understand a little about divorce and the typical effects it has on men, women and children. The divorce rate in the United States is the highest in the world. Fifty percent of marriages end in divorce. Sixty-seven percent of all second marriages end in divorce.
http://www.mediate.com/articles/psych.cfm
Submitted by Anonymous on July 15, 2012 - 2:57pm. I just read your posting on the different impacts of divorce on children and adolescents. I was 11 and 12 when my parents divorced and separated. I just have to say wow - your description of the adolescent reaction to divorce was really on the mark.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/surviving-your-childs-adolescence/201112/the-impact-divorce-young-children-and-adolescents
Remember. 1  Contact with both parents is considered to be the right of the child. Continuing contact with a parent not living with the child is an important part of your child's emotional and psychological development. 2  Realise that in spite of your separation you still share common goals for your children.
http://www.familyrelationships.gov.au/BrochuresandPublications/Pages/ChildrenAndSeparationBooklet.aspx
Children in this age group are highly dependent on their parents. If one parent has taken on primary responsibility for care of a child it is almost certain that a strong physical and emotional dependence will develop between them. Lengthy separation from this parent can be a source of intense emotional distress.
http://www.familyrelationships.gov.au/BrochuresandPublications/Pages/ChildrenAndSeparationBooklet.aspx
Children can react very differently to separation or divorce. The way they react depends on a number of things, but two important factors are the age of the child and the degree of conflict and animosity between the parents.
http://www.familyrelationships.gov.au/BrochuresandPublications/Pages/ChildrenAndSeparationBooklet.aspx
This problem is not new. For decades, judges, attorneys, and even mediators have been making decisions that result in the ill-advised separation of very young children from their parents or other primary caregivers. Usually these decisions are based solely on the needs of the adults involved.
http://www.peterhaiman.com/articles/effectsOfSeparationOnYoungChildren.shtml
Yet the mother’s attorney did not object. Nor did this attorney advocate in court for an expert witness to provide information about attachment research and the effects of visitation schedules on young children, as the mother had requested. This attorney never took the side of the child or showed empathy for her.
http://www.peterhaiman.com/articles/effectsOfSeparationOnYoungChildren.shtml
parental separation effects on children
On children, parental separation affects the inability to love, but the loss of trust that gets in the way of forming committed loving relationships. The effects of parental separation on children is the inability to love but the loss of trust that gets in the way of forming committed loving relationships.