Divorce's Impact on Preschool, School-Age, and Adolescent Children

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Due Date: Mar 01, 2017 23:59:59 Max Points: 100



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  1. The divorce rate in the United States remains at an all-time high. Using the textbook, the Internet, and a minimum of three scholarly sources from the GCU Library, research and compare the impact of divorce on preschool, school-age, and adolescent children.

Write a 1,000-1,250-word essay in which you consider the socioemotional response by each age group regarding divorce and custody arrangements. You are encouraged to use attachment theory in your paper. Additionally, answer the following questions:

What steps can be taken to:

  1. Minimize the number of divorces?
  2. Help children cope more effectively with their parents' divorce?
  3. As a professional counselor, how might you provide support for the parties involved?
  4. Discuss ethical and cultural strategies for promoting resilience, optimum development, and wellness in adolescence.

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Divorce's Impact on Preschool, School-Age, and Adolescent Children

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DIVORCE’S EFFECTS ON CHILDREN

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Divorce's Impact on Preschool, School-Age, and Adolescent Children
Divorce in America remains an all-time high, with over 45% of all marriages dissolving within
15 years (Repetti, Taylor, & Seeman, 2014). The risks linked with divorce remains an issue of
concern, especially when considering the well-being children: preschool kids, school-going and
teens, as well as their emotional, psychological, and educational development and response.
While many divorces have negatively affected these young populations, the nature of the custody
arrangements following the divorce is what actually determines ‘the how’ and ‘to what extent’
the young kids, school children or/and teens respond to their parents’ separation. This essay
seeks to address the socio-emotional response of pre-school kids, school-attending children, and
adolescents to divorces and custody arrangements and at the same time recommending the
possible steps to minimizing divorces and assisting children to cope with divorce effectively.
Socio-emotional response to divorce and custody arrangements
Preschool kids are usually bewildered by the divorce and separation of their parents.
Research has it that in the first after parental split-up, preschool age kids do not have the
cognitive sophistication to grab the meaning of separation. Consequently, these kids are often
overwhelmed with confusion after one of the parents departs from the family home. Most of
these children become fearful as they wonder who “will take of me if dad/mom is gone?”
(Clarke-Stewart & Brentano, 2006) Others are in mixed up and they wonder if their parents
really love them, as they worry what m...


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