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Parents Forever: Understanding the Impact of Divorce on Families and Children

This resource delves into the dramatic rise in divorce rates during the 1970s, the subsequent trends in the 1980s and 1990s, and the impact on children. It highlights the psychological adjustment of parents post-divorce and its correlation with children's well-being. The text explores how parental adjustment influences children's mental health and the caution needed when interpreting these relationships. For those seeking insight into the complex dynamics of divorce and its effects on families, this resource provides valuable information and analysis.

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Parents Forever: Understanding the Impact of Divorce on Families and Children

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  1. Parents R 4-Ever Introduction

  2. Situation • Dramatic rise in divorce rates during the 1970's • Moderate increase during the 1980's • Somewhat stable plateau during the 1990's

  3. Situation • In 1999 in North Carolina, 36,706 divorces were recorded by the Bureau of Vital Statistics. • During that same year, 67,392 marriages were recorded. • Statistically that means that more than half of all new marriages will end in divorce in North Carolina. • For county and regional listings of marriages and divorces for 1999, go to http://www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS/healthstats/vitalstats/volume1_99

  4. Situation • A large percentage of divorcing couples are also parents of one or more children • Over the past two decades, more than one million children each year have experienced a family divorce • Most of these children experience significant changes in their living arrangements • The poverty rate for children of divorce is about twice the rate for all children in the United States

  5. PARENTAL ADJUSTMENT The psychological adjustment of parents is a significant factor in children's well-being. There have been many studies examining the relationship between divorced parents' psychological well-being and children's well-being. Of the 15 studies that have examined this relationship 13 found that there was a positive relationship between the mental health of parents and children's mental health. That is, children whose parents are better adjusted fare better than children whose parents are not adjusting well.

  6. PARENTAL ADJUSTMENT There is some evidence to suggest than when the divorced parent's adjustment is taken into account that some of the differences between children from intact and divorced children disappears. Despite the general support for these conclusions, there is at least one important caution. The causal relationship between parents' and children's adjustment is not clear. It could be that having better adjusted children improves the well-being of the parents.

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