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Case Study:
The Behavioral Effects
Of Divorce Couples
Towards Their Children

Evangeline Guibao
Maria Ginecel Resaba

Charlie Gerasmio
Case Study Adviser

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………… 3

II. KEY SITUATION

A. SITUATIONS…………………………………………………… 4

B. DILEMMA AND STATED OPINIONS………………………... 5

III. PURPOSE……………………………………………………………….... 6

IV. CENTRAL CONCEERNS AND CHARACTERS………………………. 7

 CONCERNS

 CHARACTERS

V. AMBIGUITY, ASSUMPTIONS, AND INFERRED INSIGHTS……….... 8

VI. CONSIDERATION………………………………………………………... 9

A. IDENTIFY AND DISCUSS THE SPECIFIC DUTIES

B. RECOMMNEDATION

VII. CITATION…………………………………………………………………. 10

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 I. Introduction

According to the lawmaker, House Bill 1799, which she co-authored with Rep.

Emerenciana De Jesus (Party-list, Gabriela), filed on July 27, 2010 and is now pending with the

Committee on Revision of Laws, seeks to introduce divorce in Philippine law with a strong sense

of confidence that it will be used responsibly by Filipino couples.

http://www.congress.gov.ph/press/details.php?pressid=6725.

Divorce is becoming a common event in the lives of many people. It is now easier to dissolve

marriage, and less stigma is attached to divorced people. However, for many, divorce remains a

negative and traumatic experience. Not only does the divorcing couple suffer, but the children are

affected as well.

During a divorce, conflict between parents is often accompanied by less affection, less

responsiveness, and more inclination to punish their children, which leaves their children feeling

emotionally insecure. Children who engage in fighting and stealing at school are far more likely

to come from broken homes than are well-behaved children.

In the past, concern has been focused on the problems of the parents, but lately there has

been a growing interest in the effects of divorce on children. This has especially been the case

among those in the helping professions who work with children experiencing problems.

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 II. Key situation

A. Situation

Parents have many worries through their mind. They may worry most about how children

will deal with the divorce. Divorce may increase the behavior problems. Mostly, Children from

divorced families may experience more image problems, such as conduct disorders, delinquency,

and impulsive behavior than kids from two-parent families. In addition to increased behavior

problems, children may also experience more conflict with peers after a divorce. Mostly,

adolescents with divorced parents are more likely to engage in risky behavior, such as substance

use, early sexual activity and more importantly bullying others. Adolescents whose parents

divorced when they were 5 years old or younger were at particularly high risk for becoming

sexually active prior to the age of 16, according to a study published in 2010. Putting kids in the

middle is inappropriate. Asking kids to choose which parent they like best or giving them

messages to give to other parents isn’t appropriate. Kids who find themselves caught in the

middle are more likely to experience depression and anxiety. It can also affect their academic

performance. Children are more likely taking risk with divorce parents. When parents pay close

attention to what teens are doing and who they spend their time with, adolescents are less likely

to exhibit behavior problems following a divorce.

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 B. Dilemma and stated opinion

According to Mrs. Guibao, the possible behavioral effect of separated couples towards their

children are

The child finding his/her father or mother, longing, always crying if the presence of his/her

father is not around also the child become liberated in which they have a care free attitude to people

inside their house.

According also to Mrs. Zosima Resaba, if the couple are separated the children are prone to

illegal doings such as drug addictions. The children become liberated, no right manners and

conduct because both of the parents are absence in parenting their child.

In addition, the children become doubtful of all the decisions they have, in every situation

they face up.

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 III. Purpose

The overriding purpose of this study is to know what are the effects of divorce couple

towards their children. Also to give awareness to the people specially to the couples of what are

the circumstances may happen to their children. In addition to understanding how they can

influence behavior, this topic aims to provide a better understanding of the possible effects

according to the child’s age and how to lessen these effects through various interventions.

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 IV. Central concerns and characters

A. Concerns
When we heard divorce couple it is not easy specially towards their children so our concerns

are to alert to the both parents about what are the circumstances may happen to their children. Our

study is concerned with the effects of filing for divorce on the behavior of children. We are

interested in the adjustment of the child to the changes which occur during separation and divorce,

and maintain the attitude that the lives of children are affected in some way when a 2, marriage or

family unit dissolves. A generally accepted, belief is that divorce produces negative consequences

in the lives of children as shown in their behavioral.

B. Characters

Having a divorce couples lead children to become extremely sad and through this, it

can result a lot of negative effects such as doing delinquent act, hang out with friends with-

out any permission to their guardian, bullying her or his fellow, involving and taking illegal

drug addictions, and worst committed crimes. All this happened because of the absences

both parents. In fact, they should both parenting their children and teach values in order to

avoid this circumstances.

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 V. Ambiguity, assumptions, and inferred insights

Family is a single word, with many different meanings. People have many ways of defining

a family and what being a part of a family means to them. Families differ in terms of economic,

cultural, social, and many other facets, but what every family has in common is that the people

who call it a family are making clear that those people are important in some way to the person

calling them his family.- Michelle Blessing Mental Health Professional.

Every members of the family place important role in the family encouraging and guiding

their children to achieved their goals, but however, according to the UN, the country with the

highest divorce rate in the world is the Maldives with 10.97 divorces per 1,000 inhabitants per

year. This is followed by the Belarus with 4.63 and the United States with 4.34. that leads their

children to engage delinquent acts doing hazardous things that may affect them and most of time

they are the one who suffered immediately. When a couple separated children grow up with fear

physically and mentally also on how the way they interact other people. In fact, children must have

supposed to live with their parents for them to be guided, whatever they do. Must also receive love

and care from their parents.

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 VI. Consideration

All children who experienced and lose their parents separated or divorce. They have the

freedom to do whatever they want because their parents are absent when they need their guidance.

When both parents are present in parenting their children they felt that they are secure, lovable,

and complete. While divorce couples lead their children felt insecurities, guilt, abandoned and

outcast. Instead of good thought are must be in their mind such as learning insights particularly in

the school, exploring about gathering information on how to cope up the stressors at same time on

how to collaborate with values towards other people. Parents should oblige to ask to their children

on what are the happening particularly to personal matter. Complete family who shows love and

care is the ideal type of the community. But because of the implications and temptations, the

children might do things that could ruin their lives. Parents must consider that the child could be

in pain and should understand that why it is hard for them losing one parent.

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Citation
https://www.verywellfamily.com/psychological-effects-of-divorce-on-kids-4140170
 effects/situation
http://www.congress.gov.ph/press/details.php?pressid=6725
 house bill
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/highest-divorce-rate/
 UN

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