Divorce is one of the hardest events in anyones life. Moreover, when in divorce, there are children involved, it becomes even more difficult.
As a
divorce lawyer, I have seen many cases when parents try to mend their broken relationship and again just for the sake of their children.
Yeah, I agree there can be several side effects of divorce on children, but as a cooperative parent, you and your ex-partner can mitigate those even after divorce.
Hence in this writing, I have decided to write about those side effects at first, and then I will also mention some positive sides of a divorce. So, if you are going through the post-divorce period, I can assure you this writing will be helpful for you.
Side Effects of Divorce on Children
Here, I am going to divide the side effects into two different categories. The first one is short term, and another one is long term side effects.
Short Term Effects
After a divorce, some side effects occur for a short time. Some of the main effects are as follows:
Anxiety
As a result of divorce, children become nervous, tense, and anxious. Younger children are more prone to all of these, as they are profoundly dependent on both parents.
The aftermath of anxiety is they may lose interest from their daily work as well as lose concentration from their studies.
Mood Swings and Bad Temper
Children may face mood swings and start to show a bad temper, even when interacting with close people. Besides, they stop talking with others, and become quiet, prefer to stay alone.
Continuous Stress
Sometimes children start to blame themselves for their parents divorce, which led them towards acute stress. Such continuous stress can impose a severe negative impact on their mind, which can have bad consequences such as- nightmares, negative thoughts, etc.
Extreme Sadness
Children may start to feel hopeless and acute sadness. Eventually, they can fall into depression, which can affect them for a longer time.
Long Term Effects
Some of the long term effects of a separation or divorce to the child are as follows.
Behavioral and Social Problems
A child may start to develop violent as well as antisocial behavior after the divorce of parents. They might show a bad temper in every little thing, and dont hesitate to assault someone else.
In the future, these behaviors might involve them in criminal activities, and they dont fear to involve in violence.
Effect on Education and Socio-Economic Position
After parents divorce, children often seem to lose their concentration from education. Therefore, their academic grade decreases. Constant grade degradation damages their career prospect.
So, such effects on education prevent them from having a modest socio-economic status.
Problem in Relationship
When at an early age child will see divorce between their parents, they will grow doubt about love and relationship. They might face trust issues in the relationship.
Bad Addiction
In most cases, it has been seen that children become addicted to alcohol or drugs. Such an addiction can hamper their life greatly.
Depression
Depression is one of the noticeable effects of parents divorce on a child. We all know how dangerous depression can be for anyones life.
When children go through depression for a long time, it can affect every aspect of their life.
Positive Side of Divorce
Though there are some side effects of divorce, it has some positive sides too. Some of the significant positive sides are as follows.
Happy Atmosphere
So, from now, there will be no tension between mom and dad and no quarrel as well. Children will get a happy atmosphere, which is helpful for their peaceful life.
Can Spend Quality Time with Both Parents
If, through the child custody law, both parents have the right to pass the time with children, it is a great opportunity for them. They will be able to share their life with both of their nearest persons.
Parents will also be able to share their responsibility towards children, which will provide childrens a better life.
Better Education
As there are more quarrels at home, and they will get a peaceful environment, they will be able to concentrate more on education. Thus, it leads to gain a better grade.
Learning from Parents Mistake
Children who see their parents split learn a life lesson from that. They can be mature in their relationship.
However, these positive aspects of divorce are associated with many other factors, such as- the childs age, parents behavior, surroundings, etc.
Final Words
Divorce is always tough. And if children are involved in a divorce, then it becomes more problematic as it can affect children negatively. Here, I have illustrated the side effects of divorce on children. At first, I portrayed short term side effects and then talked about long term side effects.
Additionally, I tried to illustrate some positive sides of divorce as well. But do remember, if you want to gain positive outcomes from the divorce, you have to focus on many other things also.