Approximately every thirty-six seconds there is one divorce in America. That equals to 2,400 divorces per day, 16,800 divorces per week, and measuring up to 876,000 divorces a year. Half of the children in America will witness their parent’s divorce. Forty-three percent of children in America are living without their fathers present; moreover, seventy-five percent of children who have gone through their parents divorce are living with their mothers. Parents are concerned about the effects divorce leaves on their child. People who have come from a divorce family are two times more likely to commit suicide than those who have come from a stable family. The child’s age, gender, and temperament will also depict how well the child adjusts. As these …show more content…
Back then, twenty-three percent of marriages ended in divorce. The divorce rate is fifty percent today in America. Divorce in the 1940s and 50s was known as deviant behavior and a public acknowledgement of failure. In 1969, the Divorce Reform Act was passed, which allowed couples who were separated for two years to finally divorce. Half of American children are going to witness their parents first marriage crumble, and half of those children will see their parents second marriage fail. Research found in 1980 - 1981 showed that children in multiple divorces have received lower results in school. “A 2011 study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that children of divorced parents often fall behind their classmates in math and social skills, and are more likely to suffer anxiety, stress, and low self-esteem” (Hansen); moreover, their peers have rated them as less pleasant. The chances of someone’s first marriage being successful has decreased to a 50-50 chance. With divorce becoming more common, it has drastically changed children’s views on relationships; furthermore, they think they will never have a successful marriage, never fall in love, and feel as though the divorce will be their