6 Effects Of Divorce On Children
You may tell yourself ‘My divorce will not affect my children because we will handle them exceptionally well’ but deep down inside, you yourself know that it’s not going to be true. However hard you may try as a parent to safeguard your children from the downsides of divorce, it is likely to affect them in one way or another. Here are some of the most common ways a divorce can affect children.
1. Depression
If divorces can break the mental make up of adults, children are softer targets, aren’t they? Can you imagine how strange and weird would the world of your children become if their parents suddenly begin to live separately? They would go through severe mental trauma which may lead to depression.
2. Self-esteem problems
We’re going to ask you to step in to your children’s shoes for this one, ladies. If you were in your teens, how would you feel if your parents got separated? Wouldn’t it be hard to break the news to your friends? Wouldn’t you be scared that you’ll be picked upon or mocked? That is exactly why many children have low self-esteem problems immediately after their parents’ divorce.
3. Fear of unknown
For a child, the core of their faith and belief in life lies in the family. We think that’s because they have two parent-figures to look up to when they come back from school. We call this feeling, their ‘safety net’. When this ‘safety net’ breaks apart, the child may be faced by the fear of unknown. What will happen now? Where will I live? Who will I talk to? These would be simple, yet very fearful questions that the children may be faced with.
