A. 1. The effects of divorce on toddlers, and preschooler.

2. The effects of divorce on preteens and adolescents.

3. The effect of living in stepparent or single parent home.

B. The purpose of the study was to show how children are affected at different ages and how it effects them as they grow up. This is useful research for parents who are thinking about getting divorced. If they know how there children are going to react ahead of time this will assist them in dealing with this problem. Also this could be helpful for the children themselves that may be having feelings that they have not experienced before about there family and this could help them realize that they are not alone.

C. This study was limited to the resources on hand at the UNT library.

D. 1. "Toddlers" (DeBord, 1997) are the second group. They know that they do not live with both parents but they cannot grasp the reason why. Toddlers that are going through this may experience a worsene

Kitson, Gay C., and William M. Holmes. Portrait of Divorce. New York: The Guilford Press, 1992.

Zinner, Roz. Point Physical Custody: Smart Solution or Big Problem?? Divorce Helpline. 12 Dec. 2000.

Axinn, William G., and Arland Thorton. The Influence of Parents? Marital Dissolutions on Children Attitudes Toward Family Formation? Demography v. 3 Feb. 1996. 66-81. Wilson Select Plus. 29 Nov. 2000.

3. So, are children better off in a single-parent home, or in stepfamilies? According to the Child Health Supplement to the National Health Interview Survey, the problems of children in stepfamilies, and children from single-parent homes were not much different. However, neither were doing as good as the children living in a home with both biological parents (Furstenberg and Cherlin 89).

The next group are "preschoolers" (DeBord, 1997). These children cannot comprehend what divorce means but they know that they do not see one parent as often as the other. One of the biggest effects on this age group are nightmares. This age group often feels guilty because he/she might think that they were the reason for one parent leaving. A preschooler may worry about what will happen next and/or become angry at the custodial parent. The child may blame the custodial parent for the other parent not being there (DeBord, 1997).

Furstenberg, Frank F., and Andrew J. Cherlin. Divided Families. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1991.

Another trend in the study of divorced kids showed that it is common for girls to become promiscuous at a young age. The promiscuity can continue as the girls grow into womanhood. For some women sex brings the feeling of comfort and being wanted. For others it's a type of revenge against men, they get pleasure from using them and then leaving them (Wallerstein et al.188-9). This leads one to assume that many of the women who have experienced divorce in their lives are troubled and confused about their feelings. Anger, substance abuse, sexual pr

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