HDFS 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Coparenting, Stepfamily
23 Oct 2018
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Why children have problems following divorce : inter parental con ict, family instability, life stress, parental loss, parental adjustment, economic hardships. Is there such thing as a good divorce: depends on your expectations. Divorce = end of romantic relationship; continued co-parenting relationship. People ght over stupid things and children become chess pieces. Remarriage : someone has said that remarriage is the triumph of hope over experience , approx. 83% of divorced men and 76% of divorced women remarry: about half of all marriages involve an adult who has been married before, median length of time between divorce and remarriage is 5 years. 1/3 remarry within a year: people tend to choose partners differently the second time around. Remarriage divorce probability : highest than 1st marriages, complexity: kids and divided loyalty. It is hard to start building a marriage outside of the children that exist and the attitudes of the children can affect the marriage.
