11. Parenting and divorce

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Five Reasons Why Divorce Disrupts Children's Lives (June 1998)

- In the United States, the number of divorces each year is almost half the number of new marriages and one million children experience their parents' divorce. It is projected that between 50 percent and 60 percent of children born in the 1990s will live, at some point, in single parent families.

- Seventy-five percent of men and 66 percent of women eventually remarry. Step families make up approximately 17 percent of all two-parent families with children less than 18 years ...

Why Is Divorce Hard On Children? (July 1998)

Should parents stay together in an unhappy, conflict-ridden marriage for the sake of the children? Conflict is the issue - not divorce - whether it is in intact families or following divorce. Children from high conflict families have more adjustment problems than children from divorced families or low conflict, non-divorced families.

Divorce improves the adjustment of children removed from contentious marriages. In unhappy marriages if conflict is not obvious to the child ...

Teenagers Face Life's Disappointments (March 1998)

"Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children." - George Bernard Shaw

A major paradox of life is that wisdom grows with age while the time we need it most is during those impressionable teenage years. If we could only transfer wisdom to youth so they could avoid the mistakes and missteps of life!

When parents try to warn teens of the pitfalls that await them, teens are at a stage of life where they discount adults the most. They se ...

Eight Ways To Help Children Cope With Divorce (December 2004)

This article summarizes key points in helping divorcing parents assist their children deal with the reality of divorce and to put their best interests first.

Parents' Divorce Poses Challenges To Young Adults (November 2005)

This article describes the various types of stressors faced by young adults when their parents choose to divorce.

Does Divorce Help Or Harm Children? (August 2008)

This article summarize the research on the different situations where divorce has helpful or harmful effects on children.

After divorce children still need both parents

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	Val Farmer 35 Years of Counseling General Topics VI. Relationships 11. Parenting and divorce Login Articles Five Reasons Why Divorce Disrupts Children's Lives (June 1998) - In the United States, the number of divorces each year is almost half the number of new marriages and one million children experience their parents' divorce. It is projected that between 50 percent and 60 percent of children born in the 1990s will live, at some point, in single parent families. - Seventy-five percent of men and 66 percent of women eventually remarry. Step families make up approximately 17 percent of all two-parent families with children less than 18 years ... Why Is Divorce Hard On Children? (July 1998) Should parents stay together in an unhappy, conflict-ridden marriage for the sake of the children? Conflict is the issue - not divorce - whether it is in intact families or following divorce. Children from high conflict families have more adjustment problems than children from divorced families or low conflict, non-divorced families. Divorce improves the adjustment of children removed from contentious marriages. In unhappy marriages if conflict is not obvious to the child ... Teenagers Face Life's Disappointments (March 1998) "Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children." - George Bernard Shaw A major paradox of life is that wisdom grows with age while the time we need it most is during those impressionable teenage years. If we could only transfer wisdom to youth so they could avoid the mistakes and missteps of life! When parents try to warn teens of the pitfalls that await them, teens are at a stage of life where they discount adults the most. They se ... Eight Ways To Help Children Cope With Divorce (December 2004) This article summarizes key points in helping divorcing parents assist their children deal with the reality of divorce and to put their best interests first. Parents' Divorce Poses Challenges To Young Adults (November 2005) This article describes the various types of stressors faced by young adults when their parents choose to divorce. Does Divorce Help Or Harm Children? (August 2008) This article summarize the research on the different situations where divorce has helpful or harmful effects on children. After divorce children still need both parents