Divorce

A detailed Summary of Divorce

The U.S. has the highest Divorce rate in the world today. In 1992 about 2.4 million marriages took place and about 1.2 million divorces. This means that one divorce occurred in every two marriages. (Paul Bohannan) Divorce is a way of dissolving a legal marriage that permits the partners to remarry if they choose. (Bohannan, 1998 Grolier)

Divorce is a very serious issue today. When dealing with a divorce, both people may feel betrayed, cheated, a loss of friends they may have had or fear of being alone. On the other hand more serious problems may occur. This included alcohol, drug abuse, money problems, physical abuse, children or perhaps in-laws. May couples say that the relationship didn't turn out the way they expected that is why the decided to separate for good. Some believe that they just don't feel the dame about their partner anymore.

While looking on the Internet I came upon a very useful website. IT is titled "BROKEN, When Parents Split." In this article it explains the eleven steps a child encounters in a divorced home. These include Hurt, Anger, Guilt, Shame, Not Worthy, Parachute Act, Extremes, Using Me, Angel 'n' Devil, Venting and Manipulation.

Deep hurt is the first emotion that many children f

Dating after a divorce is probably one of the hardest things for ex-couples to do. I strongly disagree with jumping right into a relationship after a divorce. How will you know if he or she won't hurt you the same way that the other one did. I do feel that there is room for dating after a divorce. I believe this because you need something to do in your life besides sit around the house and weep. Going out with another person will help you through your hard times and give you some time to see if he or she is right for you. Perhaps you want to see if you can do it again.

holding everything inside they could develop serious problems. This included drinking, drugs or even suicide.

Parents however may use their children for information dealing with the ex-spouse. They want to find out if their ex-spouse is dating, how her or his job is and how well he or she is doing on their own. Basically they get nosey and maybe jealous. Parents might demand that their children be with them all week or every weekend just to make it hard for the other parent to see the child. They do this for comfort, to cure their loneliness or even to make their child or children just like them more. This is a very rough place to be in if you are a child going through this because it is hard for you to decide who you want to be with at the particular moment.

thing that another child says may turn into a huge argument, fight or actually physically abusing one's self.

Parents should never stay together just for the sake of the child. Children who lived with parents who should have divorced and didn't will be the first to say that staying together can be far more destructive that any divorce. (Wheeler) When a couple or a family is having difficulties they may want to choose family counseling or deal with problems in their own way. (Bohannan) Most people feel there

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