Como Afecta El Divorcio y En Que Areas

The Effects of Divorce on America
By Patrick Fagan, Ph.D. and Robert Rector
Each year, over 1 million American children suffer the divorce of their parents; moreover, half of the children born thisyear to parents who are married will see their parents divorce before they turn 18. Mounting evidence in social science journals demonstrates that the devastating physical, emotional, and financialeffects that divorce is having on these children will last well into adulthood and affect future generations. Among these broad and damaging effects are the following:
* Children whose parents havedivorced are increasingly the victims of abuse. They exhibit more health, behavioral, and emotional problems, are involved more frequently in and drug abuse, and have higher rates of suicide.
*Children of divorced parents perform more poorly in reading, spelling, and math.
* Families with children that were not poor before the divorce see their income drop as much as 50 percent.
*Religious worship, which has been linked to better health, longer marriages, and better Family life, drops after the parents divorce.
Patrick F. Fagan is William H. G. FitzGerald Senior Fellow inFamily and Cultural Issues and Robert E. Rector is Senior Research Fellow in Domestic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.

ROMA, 11 Feb. 04 (ACI).- Un estudio de la University College Dublinreveló que los efectos del divorcio son más dañinos para los hijos que la muerte de uno de los progenitores.
La investigación demostró que los hijos de padres divorciados o separados son más propensos asufrir una depresión, tener problemas en la escuela, y desarrollar menos habilidades sociales en comparación con otros niños. Sin embargo, su resultado más sorprendente es que la sensación de pérdidaque se experimenta como resultado de un divorcio es mayor que la experimentada con la muerte de un padre.
En una entrevista con el IrishExaminer, la autora de la investigación, Patricia Casey,...