- Some female custodial parents have poor job skills and must
train before entering the job market.
- The family will most probably experience a lower standard of
living due to the cost of maintaining two households.
- When family conflicts arise as a result of divorce, adolescents
suffer.
- Grandparents, aunts, and uncles are often restricted by
visitation provisions.
- Some of the most negative effects on adolescents may be
associated with economic problems.
- The lack of a solid relationship with both parents affects an
adolescent's attitude toward the opposite sex.
- Due to relocation and prejudice, adolescents may lose friends.
- Adolescents from divorced families often experience peer
problems.
- As a result, the adolescent may have to attend a different
school.
- The family may have to move to a poorer neighborhood in
order to cut costs.
- The decreased standard of living, particularly for an untrained
female custodial parent, often causes relocation.
- The lower standard of living may result in misunderstanding
and conflicts within the family.
- Almost without exception, adolescents find divorce very
painful, but they react in differing degrees depending on their
age.
- During the first year, these young people may be depressed
due to conflicts between the custodial and non-custodial
parents.