Divorce is no longer an exception. In fact, with the marriage rate declining over the past decade and the divorce rate remaining stable, we will likely experience more divorced people than legally married people. During this semester, we read four novels. Divorce was a common theme among all. Only a few generations ago, American culture dismissed divorce as a scandal. Today, the law, behavior and culture accept it and even celebrate it. This made me wonder about children of divorced parents. This made me wonder: what about the children? Concerned about them, I decided to research the disruption to many traditional households. What happens during and after the divorce process, mainly for the children? Does parental divorce have a negative impact on their later outcomes. After extensive research, I found that increased social acceptance of divorce over the years has not reduced the negative effects experienced by children of divorced parents. Every year, more than a million American children experience parental divorce. Divorce causes pain to everyone involved, but especially to the children. Even if this practice proves to be more socially accepted, it risks putting children on a downward trajectory from which they may never fully recover. A 2011 study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that children of divorced parents often lag behind their classmates in math. and social skills, and are more likely to suffer from anxiety, stress and low self-esteem. The reason math skills are affected is likely because math learning is cumulative. “If I don't understand that one plus one equals two,” lead researcher and Ph.D. Sociology candidate Hyun Sik Kim said: “then I can't understand...... middle of the article ......ge training behavior and education level. Wolfinger's research is based on the National Survey of Families and Households, which included detailed information on the family backgrounds of 13,000 people, and the General Social Survey, which interviewed 20,000 people over a 30-year period . In conclusion, children of divorce are often subject to many negative effects. “Broken” homes are a difficult situation to deal with. Divorce poses many problems and should not always be the solution to family problems. There are tips and many other solutions to consider before you automatically move to divorce. As has been discussed in this research, there are many educational, psychological and emotional effects. children of divorce. The best solution to all this pain is to be open and honest with children and try to ask for help. Divorce should be a last resort..