Effects of Divorce on Children: Case Studies of a Family in South Bihar

Abstract

Divorce means the end of married life. It is the situation when both husband and wife decide not to stay together anymore. It is an unplanned event in family's life. The entire family has to go through a lot of ups and downs to overcome it. Divorce leaves millions of children each year to deal with the process. The present study is purely qualitative and descriptive in nature. in nature. The researchers have adopted purposive sampling to reach the respondents. In-depth interviews and case studies were used for the data collection. This study helps to understand the post-divorce aspect of the respondents. This study reveals that parents divorce affects children in multiple ways, which creates a lot of hindrance in holistic development. The post-divorce period for the children was very disturbing because of separation from either of the parent. In this study, prolonged stress was developed among the children due to the elasticity of the problem. So, parental separation brought some peace in the family environment and provided enough time to work on self-enhancement. Overall, the children face many challenges post-divorce, but they treat it as a constructive step for the entire family.

Keywords: divorce, children, holistic development