The Effects on Children of Divorce

Age can play a major role when a child is dealing with divorce. From the age of two to six children feel a sense of abandonment (Richardson and Rosen 2). They often feel that it is their fault for a parent leaving (Richardson and Rosen 2). Another thing they found was they often are in denial of a parent leaving or fantasize about the return of a parent (Richardson and Rosen 2). In one study on six to …showed first 75 words of 1403 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1403 total…overboard with the studies that are being done and don't do enough about what you can do to prevent these effects. A lot of the time these studies give people the right to think that they can stereotype children of divorce because it says we are more problematic than intact families. But, a lot of children who come from divorce are affected very positively and grow stronger from the experience then children from intact families."