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Faber, A. , & Wittenborn, A. (2010). The role of attachment in children's adjustment to divorce

and remarriage. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 21(2), 89-104.

Potter, D. (2010). Psychosocial well-being and the relationship between divorce and children's academic achievement. Journal of Marriage & Family, 72(4), 933-946.

http://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ889789

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opinions/what you would recommend

We want to encourage parents of divorce to support their children equally and make sure that the kids don't think there is a divide, and that they are not the "middle man"

It is very important for the practitioners that are working with families of divorce to understand children's developmental level in order to understand how they may be affected by divorce.

think of bronfenbrenner and make your recommendations based on that
-micro-look at child and family
-exo- look at school and teachers
-macro-policies

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The transition of parental divorce typically represents only a temporary change in the attachment a child has to one or both parents. (Faber & Wittenborn, 2010)

Children (kindergarten level) of divorced parents have an average score about 3 points lower than they non-divorced peers in math and reading. (Potter, 2010)

Divorce was negatively associated with children’s psychosocial well-being: Children who experienced parental separation had a decline in their well-being score of 0.07 points (Potter, 2010)

Divorce may not affect
entire domains of developmental outcomes,
but may influence more specific and selective areas of children’s outcomes (Kim, 2011)

Socioeconomic variables also vary noticeably. Specifically, in all survey waves, children
from intact families enjoyed, on
average, a socioeconomic status .3 to .4 points higher than children of divorce (Kim, 2011)

Consideration of how early experiences affect adaptation at later points in time is a key component of the developmental psychopathology approach (Leon, 2003)

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We chose this topic because we believe that knowing the effect that divorce has on a child's development is important because divorce is so common to this day and it can have more than a surface level effect on these young children. Children grow up thinking that families are supposed to be together and when mom and dad divorce, they go through a lot different emotions that can impact their behavioral development. Children expect equal attention from both of their parents, so when a divorce occurs sometimes that attention is absent while the parent(s) grief with their own emotions regarding the divorce. Young children need consistency in their everyday life so going back and fourth between parents can become confusing and unfortunate for them. We wanted to discover if divorce caused changes in parent-child attachment, the child's ecological systems and their cognitive development.

Is the parent who is going through the divorce still able to provide a positive, secure attachment for their child during this hard time or do they become withdrawn, focusing on their own emotional issues?

Current Statistics:
- In the United States, it is estimated that nearly half of marriages end in divorce, and half of those failed marriages involve children (Potter, 2010).
- On average, children in divorced families and step families, in comparison to those in non-divorced families, are more likely to exhibit behavioral and emotional problems, lower social competence and self-esteem, less socially responsible behavior, and poorer academic achievement (Tippelt & Konig, 2007; Zimmerman, Fremmer-Bombik, Spangler & Grossman, 1997).

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What are the behavioral and emotional effects that divorce has on children's development?