Divorce: Ensuring the Wellbeing of a Child

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For my research, I have chosen to explore the discussions regarding the various ways in which children are affected by the divorce of their parents. Divorce is a hard time for all parties involved, but many people are unaware of the full extent of issues that it can cause for those that are not directly involved- the children. Also, many of the negative affects divorce presents can, in fact, persist and become long-term. Most parents realize that their separation takes a toll on their children, but typically, adults are unaware of the ways that their children can potentially be affected by it throughout the rest of their lives. After thorough research in the field, the topics I considered to be most informative and compelling include: how divorce can affect separate children in different ways, the dynamics that are responsible for causing variations in the effects upon children, and how adults who encountered divorce as children are affected in the long run. These subtopics within the field are important because of their specific focus and unique approaches. My intention is to build upon them by adding an extra element of primary prevention in hopes of ensuring the ideal wellbeing for the children involved.

This topic and its research are very important because they are relevant to such a large scope of people. According to an online statistic source, in the United States alone, there is one divorce approximately every 36 seconds. That’s nearly 2,400 divorces per day, 16,800 divorces per week and 876,000 divorces a year (“Thirty-two Shocking Divorce Statistics” par. 4). With about two million marriages each year and nearly a million annual divorces, there is a considerable portion of our country that is affected by d...

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