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Parents are the important resources for kids and provide emotional support to their kids and give advice to them in problems. The teens are too much shocked when they hear the news of divorce of their parents. Each teenager will react differently when they hear the news about the divorce of their parents.

It has been seen in research that mostly divorced fathers lost contact with their kids within 2 years of getting divorced. Is the breakup civilized or are the kids drawn into the conflict? Do they keep good relationships with both parents after the divorce? The answers of these questions are it is only sometimes possible that the children make good relationship with both parents.

It has always seen in divorce that there will be pain and sadness in the short term, there are things that all adults in the situation can do to make it easier, and for most stable and well-adjusted children, the long term prospect will be good.

In another study it has been seen that about a year before the divorce, kids of divorced parents showed more academic, psychological and behavioral problems than kids whose parents remained married. Moreover, many of these troubles were not much poorer after the divorce than they were a year before the break-up, results showed.

In another investigate it has seen that kids of pre-divorced parents were less likely to report having a good relationship with their parents than those children whose parents would stay together. Parents who would presently divorce also attended fewer school events, and were less liable to do things or discuss school-related issues with their kids and teens.

Teenagers experiencing the divorce of their parents are showing to marital conflict, affecting their future relations. The other effects of divorce are that some teens may be anxious that their parents will discontinue loving them, or that they will never see one of their parents. Sometimes teenagers do not understand the meaning of divorce and they go in long depression.

It has been noticed that divorce affects boys more than girls. The boys face behavioral troubles in school during the early stages and through starting years after the divorce. Their academic performance decreased. In case of girls they show depression over the divorce and changes taking place in their lives. Their academic performance is also decreased.

Teens do not always bear if a divorce occurs. However, troubles may occur if a close relationship or bond between a parent and child is broken. Parents should agree on parenting and childcare planning so the kid does not grow up experiencing conflict between his or her parents.


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