DESTRUCTION OF FUTURE GENERATIONS BY PARENTAL CONFLICT
DURING AND AFTER DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
The thirty-year longitudinal studies of children of divorce have now been concluded. If there is parental conflict during and after the dissolution of marriage, there are the following consequences:
CHILDREN:
·Lower academic achievement
·More behavior problems
·Poorer psychological adjustment
·More negative self-concepts
·More social difficulties
·More problematic relationships with mothers and fathers
ADULT CHILDREN:
·Lower psychological well-being
·More behavioral problems
·Less education
·Lower job status and lower standard of living
·More likely to never marry or lower marital satisfaction
