The Impact of Divorce on Children!

The Emotionally Damaging Statistics Regarding the Impact of Divorce on Children

• Studies have shown that the death of a parent is LESS devastating to a child than divorce!! 

• Studies in the early 1980's showed that children in repeated divorces earned lower grades, and their peers rested them as less pleasant to be around ( Cherlin, A.(1981). Harvard University Press.) 

• Teenagers in single-parent families and in blended families are three times more likely to need psychological help within a given year( Hill. P. (1993). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry) .

• Children of divorce are at a greater risk to experience injury, asthma, headaches, and speech defects than children whose parents have remained married) (Dawson, (2003). Journal of Marriage and the Family).

• Children living with both biological parents are 20-30 % physically healthier than children form broken homes( Dawson, " Family Structure and Children's Health and Well-being" Journal of Marriage and the Family) .

• Most victims of child molestation come form single-parent households are the children of drug ring members. ( LA Times, 1985).