I started researching articles on parental mental health and
the effects that it has on their children.
As I was researching this topic, I came across this article, EFFECTS OF FATHER AND MOTHER
PARENTING ON CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH IN HIGH- AND LOW-CONFLICT DIVORCES by Irwin
Sandler, Jonathan Miles, Jeffrey Cookston, and Sanford Braver. I decided to discuss the mental health of a mother
and a father after divorce and how that affects children. I chose this topic
because I am a single mother of two children and I never thought I would be a
single mom due to divorce. I am always
concerned about my children and found this article very interesting. After reading, EFFECTS OF FATHER AND MOTHER
PARENTING ON CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH IN HIGH- AND LOW-CONFLICT DIVORCES, I
understand how important it is to keep conflict to a minimum and that I need to
foster a good relationship with my children.
These two things are the most important when dealing with children and
divorce. http://www.public.asu.edu/~devra1/index_files/15_sandler%20miles%20cookston%20braver.pdf
Surprisingly
I also found that divorce is looked at quit similar in the Middle East. Many Middle East people are Islamic and
therefore have laws that allow the woman to divorce their husband. I also found
that the Jews faith does not allow the wife to divorce. This website was a source for different religious
thoughts about divorce that I found interesting. http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/w_islam/divorce.htm
Hello Tisha,
ReplyDeleteI am sorry about your divorce. I can understand how you may feel, because we –as girls have always fantasized about getting married, getting the house and having children. On another note, all stresses that we go through will bring us to have some type of mental health breakdown. We –as adults always focus on self and forget that the children are suffering too when a breakup occurs between the people that they love. They feel torn because they do not want to take sides. They want to be able still to love the both of you but because anger may be in the mix, they cannot show love for the absent parent because they do not want to hurt the parent that they live with at the time. It really causes them stress because they are hurting, too. Great topic.