Effects of Divorce

Please write an essay on the short-term and long-term effects of divorce on children.  Please make sure that you include the following in your essay:

   a.  parent's income following the divorce and the effects on children.

   b.  families high or low in conflict and the effects on children.

   c.  the first year after a divorce and the effects on children.

   d.  Hetherington's (1991) study which looked at 6 years post divorce and long-term effects on children.

   e.  sex of the child and sex of the custodial parent.

   f.  age of the child at the time of divorce.