Divorced Parenting
“The year 2000 census from the US Census Bureau (March Current Population Survey for the Nation, March, 2000) indicates that 61% of all children are living with a single parent. The number of two parent families has decreased from 87% in 1970 to 69% in 2000. These trends indicate that divorce and single-parent families have become a way of life in our society.
Many parents who divorce believe they have done irreversible damage to their children because of the parents permanent separation. However, many of the problems children experience following parental divorce are not due merely to separation from one parent. Recent research indicates that children’s adjustment following parental divorce is dependent, to a large extent, on the situation existing after the divorce. Fortunately, parents often have control over many of the post-divorce factors that affect child adjustment. Listed below are recommendations to divorced/divorcing parents that should help minimize the negative effects of divorce on children.”
There is a lot of issues to consider and some of them never occurred to me. Well worth a read.
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2 opinions for Divorced Parenting
Kate
Jun 2, 2006 at 11:27 pm
Excellent post. Some marriages are just not worth saving. I know many people who are better parents after they get divorced. My theory is that the emotional energy they used to spend on their bad relationship is suddenly freed up and they can use it to love their children. Hope is everywhere all the time.
Susan
Jul 17, 2006 at 10:53 pm
Nice. Thanks for the guidelines. I will bookmark this article for reference. It is a good resource.
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