Impact of Divorce on Family, Child and Childcare Setting

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1SOCIOLOGY
Introduction- Divorce can be described as a major cause that leads to the change in
family patterns also rise in the family diversity. Divorce is also known as dissolution or the legal
end of marriage union. The most basic and fundamental impact of divorce is the decline in the
relationship between the child and the parent. After a divorce takes place different problems arise
and the and the stress tends to destroy, weaken or even damage the child parent relationship for
the mothers that are divorced (Emery, 2013). This study will discuss the impact of divorce on
family, child and child care setting. It will also provide an insight about the how the early
childhood educators are responding to the issue of divorce.
Impact of divorce on family, child and childcare setting- It is important to mention that
the divorce impacts family to a great extent and each of the individuals in a family suffers from
both the long term and short term effects. It has been founded in studies that the divorce carries
with it negative effects of extended family members, parents, spouses, teens and children. At the
same time, the divorce impacts the well-being of the society as well as the career of the people.
Social sciences have revealed that divorce impacts the adulthood of a child and it hampers the
next generation of the child (Hetherington &Arasteh, 2014). Divorce is also associated with the
increasing rates of becoming disruptive, neglecting participation, hyperactive behaviour,
impulsive behaviour, aggressive, withdrawal from family and friends, high cases of depression.
It is important to highlight that the 40 percent of the parents become so stressed with divorce that
it impacts the child rearing behaviour (Hetherington &Arasteh, 2014). It has been noticed that
the parents experiencechanges in behaviour from being a rigid person to a permissive person,
and to an emotionally dependent person. Studies have revealed that the children of divorced
families indulge into suicidal activities and chances of dropping out of school increases
(Marripedia.org, 2019). Drug usage is also seen to rise among the children whose parents are