The American Family: Parental Marital Instability

Running Head : Marital instability

Effects of parental marital instability to children

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Introduction

Parental divorce has a substantial effect on children which can be long-term or short term . Long term effects can range from long-term financial difficulties , psychological , mental , physical and also social problems . This could be as a result of lack of both emotional and social support that is derived from stable families . Divorce entails separation of parents leaving the family broken , a situation that denies the children a safe and

steady informal environment for learning . It also minimizes the ability of parents to guard their children against negative influences from the surrounding environment . However , there are some cases where divorce brings about short term relieve to children especially where violence that is directed to children and a parent is involved . Although this may reduce short-term physical together with psychological effects , long-tem effects are bound to occur (Amato 2000

Financial effects : this arises due to the break up of the family 's financial structure forcing each of the parents to rely on their personal incomes for survival unlike previously when they could pool their incomes together . Since the success of children relies on both financial and social support from parents , children who are brought up in a family with two parents are likely to have high achievements compared to those with one because of the presence of both parents who could offer complementary resources when needed . Each of the divorced parents will be forced to...