The Emotional Impact of Family Disruption on Children

摘要: The significant increase in family dissolution by divorce and separation its impact on child development have posed major challenges to the mental-health profession for 1980’s. problem is formidable numbers alone. There are currently twelve million children under age of eighteen this country whose parents divorced. Around one a year affected their families. It estimated that 45 percent all born any given will live with only sometime before they (Francke et al., 1980). emotional disruption tends vary according variety factors, including phase developmental stage child. In addition impact, financial burden also significant, due costs litigation maintaining two households. A recent Census Bureau report found 25 divorced, separated or single mothers received support.