Consequences of Divorce

 Consequences of Divorce

            Mead (1929), stated that divorce disrupts orderly family and is thought to endanger the stability of the society. For many women, in their middle age, the consequences may be grievous indeed, especially if they must undertake their own support and that of their children in part or in whole.


            Paterson (1985) stated that injured ago is often accompanied by divorce, bitter, anger directed against his mates, this hatred may through a curious process of transference, become lodged in the parents of the allegedly injured party. The ---- father and mother may set themselves the task of at the ex-husband or ex-wife in only way economically, financially, professionally or socially. Often, the parent hatred is more bitter existing between the formers husband and wife, who are in position to understand more clearly all that is involved. But the parents are unable to forgive since their ego are intimately connected with those of children.

            Nwosu (1998), noted that children from divorced homes have varies problems ranging from emotional, social depression, delinquency, low school performance, economic to mental reaction which may occur one at a time or simultaneously and in no way to be interpreted as stages. He mentioned that if a home is broken following parent divorce, the children there are become lonely.

            Macculy (1974), said that the strain of separation, loneliness on the part of divorce mothers, couples with deep sense of failure make her nervous and tend to be over protective, thereby given the children opportunity to show problems in their behaviour.

            Children from divorce homes develop bitterness and hatred among themselves because of the foundation which were laid by their parents. This may lead them to indulge in prostitution, ------- or even street or school gangstarism. It may create financial problem which make it difficult for the good upright of the children. It tends to frustrate children and misdirect their destiny of adequate care is not taken.

            Dike (1986), also noted that divorce could inflict frustration on children and render them useless in life. He maintained that the result of this factor leads to children becoming nuisance to the society and even at school if urgent action is not taken to integrate them into the family. Horn (1975), noted that the behaviour of children from broken homes is deviant. He observed that when spouses dissolve their marriage, there children are exposed to hardship and difficulties.

            According to Russel (1983), children suffer a great deal from divorce they get nervous disorders and various kinds of upsets of one sort or another. They feel that they are living in a dangerous world. Furthermore, he said that it fills them probably first with harrow, then with a kind of indifference and later on with an impulse to imitate.

            Otite and Ogionwo (1979) emphasized that parents are the most important socializing agenis for child at the very early stages of his development. They further said that the family as a representative of the layers society is the place the child learn the real behaviour patterns, values, attitudes norms etc of the society. Therefore, obstruct a child from gaining these advantages.

            Goods (1964), said that the absence of one parent makes it impossible for a single parent to be an adequate role made, therefore a child who is not given parental love, guidance and personal attention often develops problems that hinders their child’s growth.                         






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