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This book is about the impact of divorce from the young adult perspective.There is increasing consensus that the perspectives of children need to be taken into account in decisions made by divorcing parents and the courts and that young adults who have lived through their parents' divorces can be an important source of information about children's perspectives. The children are the first to be put in the middle of the parent's arguments and are put in situations where they feel they have to choose sides. In older children they tend to shut down and look to find other ways to vent their frustrations. I want to express this in my book. In a language that young adults will be able to comprehend.
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014
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Emotional Changes: Young Adults and Divorce
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Emotional Changes: Young Adults and Divorce
Stephanie E. Stevens-Hicks
Copyright 2014 by Stephanie E. Stevens-Hicks
Introduction ….. Where to Begin
Where to Begin...
There is a time in all our lives when the worst possible thing, the thing you thought would never happen, does.
This can be the sudden death of a loved one, a fire, flood or other natural disaster, losing a job, losing your home, missing a plane, having all your money stolen, getting mugged, losing your boyfriend or girlfriend... you get the idea. Also notice that “the worst possible thing” is a relative term. But when your parents decide to divorce, that zooms to the top of the list of w-p-t's. No contest.
How could they do that? What are they thinking? Or maybe they're not thinking at all. Certainly not about you, you say. This is obviously a decision they made without consulting you, and they're going to go through with it, regardless of your opinion.
Why did they get married in the first place? What happened to “for better or worse, til death do us part”? Was the whole thing a joke, a lie, a trick? What was the point of letting you take for granted that you would always be one big happy family? Did they even ask what you wanted or thought?
At times, you feel like you're drowning, and there's no one to throw you a rope. The lifelines you've counted on all your life are looking the other way. Your friends can't save you, but they all know that now, you're from a 'broken home'. This is not something to brag about. What's even worse than the broken home is your broken heart.
Divorce can come at any age. Some parents do it when the children are very young, others split when the kids are teenagers, and others wait until the kids are grown, married and have children of their own, who are now trying to explain why Grandma and Grandpa are not living in the same house anymore. These have become known as the 'gray divorces”. This is an equal-opportunity occurrence; there's no age discrimination, no rules, no 'right way' to handle it. You can't un-do the divorce, but you can choose how you're going to deal with it, and it may not be as difficult as you think. This is up to you.
Let's talk about all of this...
