HDE 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Joint Custody, Suicidal Ideation, Child Custody
23 Jul 2018
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Further assaults on the ideal family form - divorce, remarriage, single parenthood, and. We have witnessed over the past half century the unprecedented decline of marriage as the only acceptable arrangement for raising children . Reduction in legal & moral restrictions against divorce. Us has highest divorce rate in western world. Changes in custody arrangements after a divorce. Since 1980"s - shift from presumption that mothers are automatically the best parent . Mothers still have more physical custody than fathers. Probability of divorce rises when husbands & wives. Lack the religious conviction that divorce is wrong. Many steps that lead up to it. 1st year after divorce can be very stressful. 2nd year - more adapting to new life and greater chance for improvement. Children have more behavioral & emotional problems. Less positive relationships with their fathers, especially when divorce occurs in early childhood and especially when the child is a girl .
