in most cases the child/children must choose who to live with mom or dad
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Are Children of Divorce at Greater Risk?
Anna LeFevers
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Decisions, Decisions
In most cases the child/children must choose who to live with mom or dad.
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Custody
Custody battles tend to cause stress among the child leaving them confused and angry.
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Anger Problems
More than 1/3 of children studied had an increase in temper.
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Conflicts
The conflicts between parents causes more stress or their child or children.
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Other Issues
Other issues and phobias come into play after divorce.
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Strange Behaviors
Children of divorce use comfort items such as blankets, stuffed animals, etc.
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Sleeping
Sleep disturbances are frequent in small children from the fear of abandonment.
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Schoolwork
Over half of the kids studied had problems with their grades in school.
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Economic Loss
Children suffer from economic loss because of the switch to a one income household.
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Depression
All of the people studied suffer from moderate to severe depression after their parents divorce.
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Stress
Stress is the number one issue of these children.
Many thing stress out the child which causes these other issues.
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Trust Issues
Kids feel as though they cannot trust their parents with their feelings.
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Relationships
The divorce causes the person to feel their relationship with their significant other will fail as did their parents’.
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Drug Usage
They have a higher risk of being involved with drugs and alcohol illegally.
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Marriage
Facts show that children with married parents have a lesser risk of all these issues.