The effect of divorce on the economy and the behavior of our future generation

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The effect of divorce on the economy and the behavior of our future generation

Introduction

Divorce rates in the American community have increased over the past decades . According to available information , an estimated over one million children in America fall victims of divorce every year . The statistics have indicated evidence that approximately half of the children born every year will suffer from parental divorce before reaching the age of eighteen . Despite the high divorce rates in the community , mounting evidence indicate

that divorce has both short-term and long-term negative social , physical , psychological , and economic implications on children as well as the future generation . All these function to compromise the sustainable social and economic development of the American community . This seeks to analysis the effects of divorce on the economy and the behavior of our future generation

Effects of divorce on the economy and on the behavior of the future generation

There are numerous implications of divorce to the realization of sustainable economic development in the community . Numerous research findings on divorce cases have indicated that an estimated over 50 percent of divorce cases lead a financial constraints (Grossbard-Schechtman 36 . On the other hand , such have far reaching effects on the economic status of the separated couples , their children and community in general . True to the letter , shifting from economically independent to dependent family status makes individuals an economic burden to neighbors as well as the government . This is because such dictate for government funding...