Divorce can impact a child's life for many years following the event. Many factors are involved

in how children can be influenced by divorce.

Indicate how child development is impacted by
divorce in the following contexts: economic, schoolperformance, and social behaviors. Provide
two examples in each context.
What will be an ideal response?

Economic – income drops, if with mother, perhaps 40 – 50%; worries about financing college; risk of
malnutrition.
School performance – declines; lower grades than intactfamilies; demonstrate behavioral problems at
school such as defiance; 2x as likely to drop out of high school.
Social behaviors - aggression; depression; more likely to engage in delinquent behaviors; fears of
intimacy in relationships; mental health concerns.