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Children, Adolescents, and Divorce Effects

As of 1999, more than 8 million children in America were living with their divorced single parent (Fagan and Rector, 2000). When t...

Overview of UK Family Law

made. The court also has the power to order a lump sum payment of not more than ?1,000 (Cretney and Mason, 1998). If...

Children and Divorce

Bennetts, 2001). The debate seems to focus on how long the effects of divorce impact children (Jeynes, 2001). In addition, there a...

Divorce and Its Impact on Children

that the family is a central, positive institution in every society. It performs two functions: the nurturing and socialization o...

Metaphor of Phoenix Rising

began to feel old and weak, it would gather spices and aromatic branches, make a fire and immolate itself in the fragrant flames (...

Sociology Defined

sociology. Sociologys most basic definition is that it is a social science that is "about" people, that it is the study of humani...

Adolescent Girls' Sexuality and the Impact of Divorce

have noted that sexual activity among girls from single-parent homes is greater than among those who live in "blended" families. G...

Norms and Divorce

in raising children. And, we cannot assume that the divorce rate today, though statistically higher than in the past, is a new thi...

Children's Depression and the Impact of Divorce

What has been found is that in "general most young people do not suffer long term consequences after their parents divorce in term...

Overview of Family Law Issues

aimed at child protection either form physical or metal abuse or to protect their morals as well as to protect the freedom and rig...

Fathers' Importance

and companionship. Although it is true that roles for men and women have changed to some extent, that does not mean that fathers a...

Absentee Parents and Cultural Differences Connection

telling their high schoolers that they are beautiful, yet this is one of the major characteristics reinforced by the parents. Why ...

Children and the Effects of Divorce

childs age, how much he or she understands and he support he/she receives from parents, family and friends (Royal College of Psych...

Understanding Contemporary Families

never been enacted (Young, 2001, p. 27). Young, predictably, castigates Crittenden, saying that what she is proposing is "entitle...

Single Parent or Two Parent Family?

indicates a healthy two parent household, where the parents are married, is better for a child than a single parent family structu...

Divorce and the Impacts of Globalization

Introduction The rate of successful marriage verses divorce varies considerable between the...

Impact of Disruptive Family

be more delinquency in these families (Department of Criminal Justice, 2008). Children are less likely to graduate from high schoo...

Children of Divorced Families: The Dimensions of Impact

in the process. That said, the sheer prevalence of such studies does seem to suggest that some kind of causal relationship exists ...

Positive Impacts Resulting from Intervention Counseling for Children from Dissolved Families

the interventions, which were undertaken for a total of 21 parent child groups, of which 15 completed the treatment, lasted an av...

Divorce

In todays society it seems that people believe marriage is disposable, that it is something that can be easily exited if things ar...

A Case Study of Dependency Exemptions in Cases of Joint Custody

of the person, relationship or member of the household, gross income, joint system, citizen/residency. The support test, a...

Massachusetts and Divorce Inherited Property Division

a state according to the specific facts surrounding the case. Considerations regarding how to distribute inheritances can be affe...

Marital Breakups and the Effects of Divorce on Adolescents

there is constant bickering. It seems that when mom and dad are happy, the family should be happy. Reportedly, 70% (Corliss & Mc...

Philosophy of Wellness and Personal Relationships

institution of marriage, and the influence that family structures, including relationship triangles, have on individuals. Because...

Three Studies on Divorce

black mothers evidenced several advantages in regards to coping as compared to white mothers; however five years later, the white ...

The Relationship Between Divorce and Poverty

more household bills, but legal bills also enter the picture. There are some cases where a woman will move in with a boyfriend or ...

Review of the Article 'Predictors of Divorce Adjustment'

data from a study called Marital Instability Over the Life Course (Booth, Amato, Johnson & Edwards, 1998 as cited in Wang & Amato,...

Nuclear Families versus Divorced Families

have been cited for pulling a gun or a knife on someone and children in gangs were more likely to come from single parent househol...

Prevalence of Divorce, Cultural Assimilation

also more pressure on couples to work out their differences and learn how to live amicably and keep the marriage intact. 2. My so...

The Nature of Divorce

When looking at various phenomena in society, there are often individual and social factors at work. This paper looks at both and...