Divorce.

= DIVORCE = = The Meaning Of Divorce: = the final termination of marriage


 * Each year, over 1 million American children suffer the divorce of their parents; moreover, half of the children born this year to parents who are married will see their parents divorce before they turn 18! **

=**__ How Divorce Hurts Children __**=


 * === Children whose parents have divorced are increasingly the victims of abuse. They exhibit more health, behavioral, and emotional problems, are involved more frequently in and drug abuse, and have higher rates of suicide. ===
 * === Children of divorced parents perform more poorly in reading, spelling, and math. They also are more likely to repeat a grade and to have higher drop-out rates and lower rates of college graduation. ===
 * === Families with children that were not poor before the divorce see their income drop as much as 50 percent. Almost 50 percent of the parents with children that are going through a divorce move into poverty after the divorce. ===
 * === Religious worship, which has been linked to better health, longer marriages, and better Family life, drops after the parents divorce. ===

===** According to the Federal Reserve Board's 1995 Survey of Consumer Finance, only 42 percent of children aged 14 to 18 live in a "first marriage" family--an intact two-parent married family. It should be no surprise to find that divorce is having such profound effects on society **===

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 * Half of marriages in the United States will end in divorce
 * Divorce is higher when a marriage is preceded by a premarital pregnancy or out-of-wedlock birth
 * Divorce goes down during economic hardship for a couple
 * Couples who live together prior to marriage experience greater dissatisfaction afterwards
 * Due to early divorce and the decreased likelihood today of staying married “for the sake of the children,” younger children are more and more likely to be affected.
 * 50% of all children from divorced families are more likely to have difficulties
 * About 38% of all couples divorce within four years of marriage; this probably represents for many a breakdown in the marriage and separation within the first two years.

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