Is Divorce Really Bad For Children?

Most parents take their children's feelings into consideration before making any major decisions like divorce. How will the children adapt to a new setting or routine? Holding off on divorce proceedings for the sake of your children may not be the best idea, even if you are experiencing guilt. The following article discusses children and their ability to recover quickly.

Divorce affects most children in the short run, but research suggests that kids recover rapidly after the initial blow. In a 2002 study psychologist E. Mavis Hetherington of the University of Virginia and her then graduate student Anne Mitchell Elmore found that many children experience short-term negative effects from divorce, especially anxiety, anger, shock and disbelief. These reactions typically diminish or disappear by the end of the second year. Only a minority of kids suffer longer.

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