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The breakup of a family is not just a traumatic event between a couple, it also affects their children. This painful event happens to all children – toddlers, small school children, teenagers or even adult children; because for most children, their parents’ marriage is the foundation of which their lives are built upon. It is a vital part of stability at any age.
Divorce may signify the loss of childhood for many children, pre-teens (as young as nine) and teenagers are more prone to this vulnerability as they are in desperate need to build up a self-identity that might be very different from their own parents. Children who are reaching puberty might experience much stronger adverse transition than other age groups.
The transition from a child to become a young adult makes it difficult to cope with so many changes, as they are in need of assurance and security so as to search their own identity. The adolescents will express more anger, feel more embarrassed and even hostile towards their parents and especially towards the parent they believe is causing the break up.
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