How Divorce Affects Children

 How Divorce affects children How many families do you know that are divorced? In today’s world it is very common and can follow many hardships on a child. Research shows in 2022, that approximately 37% of marriages end in divorce ( Previteta line 28-29). In this blog I hope to inform parents on the behavioral issues that a child may face during a divorce. Not every child will react the same way,but I will talk about most actions that they do encounter. Children of parents who are going through a divorce often show a lot of physical behavioral traits. This can include anger, anxiety,fear, and grief.” Kids can act out the stages of grief, they will be in denial about the divorce, and angry about how it affects them”(Lehman lines 44-46). It is not uncommon for a child to act out the stages of grief when parents are going through a divorce. It is important to look out for all of these signs so that you know how to help them. Some actions may be”verbal or physical acting out, increased...