Personal Research Journey
The topic that I have chosen to research and investigate is "The affects of divorce/separation of young children". This topic sparked my curiosity in several ways. I am a military wife and therefore our daughter is considered an army child. My husband is away all of the time covering special missions. When he is away, it affects my daughter tremendously.
I also work in a child development center on a military installation. I see children all of the time that are going through different separation anxieties due to deployments. On the contrary, there are children that are suffering separations due to divorce. I know that the children suffer as well as the adults when separation/divorce occurs.
My subtopics are related to me investigating to determine how the children suffered academically and socially. I also want to know what I can do to assist the children and families in there time of need. In conclusion, I know that I should be able to find some useful resources that can be of assistance to me when my husband has to leave for either deployment or special missions.
I never had to face divorce/separation as a child. Is there any advice that you all would like to share with me? Have any of you had to deal with it as a child? Do you have any suggested articles or websites that could assist me?
I look forward to hearing from you all.
I think you have chosen a wonderful topic. Divorce is a reality that too many children have to face. A lot of times when parents are going through a divorce, the children seem to suffer more than the adults. My parents are still married so I have never had to experience divorce as a child. I never married my children's father but when we separated, it did affect our children. My oldest daughter was only 2 when I left and my youngest was only a few weeks old so the baby doesn't remember anything and was relatively unaffected. My oldest loved her daddy dearly but understood that mommy and daddy couldn't live together anymore. She eventually understood everything but it had to be on her terms through her eyes. I don't know if I can help, but I am here if you need anything.
ReplyDeleteI too think you have chosen a worthwhile topic of research. I wonder if there are differences on the impact to child from a separation due to divorce that has no potential for parental reunification, and the separation due to deployment that ultimately results in the family being reunited again?
ReplyDeletei also agree that this is a worthwhile research topic. Divorces are so prevalent these days, so a better understanding of the impact on those involved is important, and important to be current as well.
ReplyDeleteOne area of interest to me is the relationship between parents after the split and how it impacts the child. I know personally of a family where the father has a daughter from a previous relationship who lives with him. He recently divorced his wife, whom he has another daughter with. They split time with her 50/50. I thought this girl would have some trouble adjusting, however she appears to be so comfortable with the housing arrangement, the new partners for the parents, and havign a half-sister. The parents get along like best friends, they joke, laugh, and hug frequently. While I know she is not made of stone, and that at some point her emotions about the divorce will affect her, the relationship between her parents seems to act like a buffer on the youngest daughter.
However, many divorces do not result in such happy friendships between parents.
I am really interested in learning more about your research!
Katrina,
ReplyDeleteWill you focus on how deployments affect young children or separation from divorce? I think both of those subjects need to be researched more fully being that divorce/separation rates are high these days. I have never experienced divorce/separation personally, but I know many children and adults who have. On the other hand, I know what it feels like to be raised by a single parent and then gain another parent early on in life.
I am really interested to know what your research shows in the end. I will try to help you the best way I can. Good luck!
That is a good topic!!! I have never experiences neither as well. But I do wonder how it affects young children and also older children. I am in a relationship where my fiance have an older child and I am curious how it affects children not having both parents in the household. Very interesting topic looking forward to see what you find out. Thanks for sharing.
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