There are a number of negative
effects of divorce. Some of the effects are as follows:
Short Term
- Child might feel guilty or
responsible for the divorce.
- Your child may become increasingly
aggressive, violent and/or uncooperative.
- Child may become emotionally needy
out of fear of being abandoned.
- Feelings of anger and resentment
may surface
- He or she may lose the ability to
concentrate which could then affect school work and academic
performance.
- Intense feelings of grief and loss
may arise.
Long Term
- Be less educated.
- experience poverty and/or
socio-economic disadvantage.
- exhibit anti-social behavior as
well as other behavioral problems.
- suffer from drug and/or alcohol
addictions.
- get married or cohabit at an
earlier age.
- become teenage parents or conceive
a child outside of marriage, or
- experience separation and/or
divorce themselves.