Divorce and Children

Divorce and Children According to John S. Dacey and John F. Travers, "During the early childhood year, children demonstrate intense separation anxiety and fear of abandonment by both parents, which may lead to the tendency to blame themselves for the divorce" (191). The changes and stress associated with divorce typically cause multiple problems for all children. We think of divorce as a sequence of experiences. The conflicts and disagreements that lead to divorce undoubtedly begin long …

…daily routine; over battles between parents. Parents of infants or toddlers can use these examples and the issues they lay emphasis on to sensitize themselves to their children's needs, to possible signs of their distress, and to ways of correcting and avoiding stressful circumstances for their children arising from parental divorce. WORKS CITED Dacey, John S. Travers, John F. Human Development. New York: McGraw Hills, 2002, Kalter, Neil. Growing Up With Divorce. New York: Collier Macmillan, 1990.