Child Divorce Psychology

Research on child divorce psychology has been done over the past decades. As divorce became more socially accepted, divorce rates increased and researchers and professionals stepped into the subject.

Most cited researchers and writers on the subject from the early days are Mrs Wallerstein and Mr. Emery. More recently Mrs. Marquardt published a lot of her findings.

This article lists the main topics for Child Divorce Psychology and provides introduction and links to articles. Each of these articles discusses an aspect more in depth.

Child Discipline

Child discipline is the basis for a positive and secure environment for development. Discipline and a clear daily routine give the children a sense of security.
When children feel safe, they will start experimenting and learning. If they do not feel safe, they might feel stressed. As explained in Effects of Divorce on Children, stressed children become dysfunctional, aggressive or even depressed.

The article explains: Positive reinforcement, Correcting disobedience and How to make rules as co-parents. Read on..

Adult children of divorce

How do the adult children of divorce cope with their own lives in relationships and marriages? This article gives some ideas about how divorce spreads from one generation to the next.Read on..

Child Psychology Divorce

This article lists remarkable findings of reseachers from the past decades. They do away with some commonly accepted beliefs about Children and Divorce. Those include short term and long term psychological effects of divorce. Read on..

Adult Child of Divorce

For an adult child of divorce, the relationship between its parents is  of big influence on his live. This Child Divorce article explains what happens. If parents get along and keep seeing each other after the divorce, it is a good thing for the child. However, some divorced parents keep on fighting. They tell negative stories to their child of divorce about the other parent. Sometimes they do not want to see them any more at all. This can bring an adult child of divorce in a difficult situation. Read on..

Anger Child Divorce: How to manage your child’s anger

Control your Anger Child Divorce emotions. It may not be easy, but the key to co-parenting is focusing only on your children. Your own emotions (anger, resentment, or hurt) take second place to the needs of your children. Read on..

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