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Divorce. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Divorce Rates in the U.S. 50%. Canada 48% Japan 27% UK 13.9% Australia 40% India 10% Singapore 10%. Divorce Rates in the United States. 41% of first marriages end in divorce 60% of second marriages 73% of third marriages
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Divorce The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Divorce Rates in the U.S. 50% • Canada 48% • Japan 27% • UK 13.9% • Australia 40% • India 10% • Singapore 10%
Divorce Rates in the United States • 41% of first marriages end in divorce • 60% of second marriages • 73% of third marriages • Alabama’s divorce rate is one third higher than the U.S. average. It is the sixth highest in the nation.
Reasons People Divorce • Financial Issues • Incompatibility of personality • Communication problems • Abuse • Drugs or Alcoholism • Authoritarianism • Selfishness • Differing Values
Grounds for Divorce • Impotency. • Adultery. • Desertion for more than one year or separation for more than three years. • Failure to provide the necessities of life. • Habitually drunk. • Conviction of a felony. • Mental or physical cruelty. • Permanent incurable insanity.
Effects of Divorce on Age of Children • Preschoolers: Fear of abandonment, sleep disturbances. • Young Childhood: Fear of being displaced, grief, school difficulties, fear for well being of absent parent. • Older Children: Acting out, fight with parent, spying for the other parent. • Adolescent: Fear of own relationship failure, independence, promiscuous-type behavior could increase.
Children and Divorce • Who deals better? Younger or older? Boy or girl? • Do children feel anger, guilt, blame? • Are there things parents should not discuss about the divorce with their children?
Impact on Children • Self-Concept? • School Performance? • Peer Relationships? • Dating-Marriage?
Six Tasks for Children • Acknowledge parental separation. • Disengage from parents conflict. • Resolution to loss of familiar parental relationships and routines. • Resolution of anger and self-blame. • Accepting finality of divorce. • Achieving realistic expectations for later relationship success.