Every day, a child, somewhere in the world, experiences major changes within their family. One of these major changes is parental divorce or separation. Divorce is “the action or event of legal dissolution of a marriage” (Webster, 2011 p1). Today's reality shows that couples only have a 50/50 chance of staying together. “The U.S. Census Bureau – involved in research on counseling children about divorce – estimates that about 50% of all American children born in 1982 lived in a single-parent home during their first 18 years .Most are due to divorce” (Children of Divorce, 2008 p.1). Rapidly increasing divorce rates are a contributing factor to the significant decline of the typical family. are involved in new divorces each year Between 1966 and 1976, the divorce rate in the United States doubled. Currently, 32% of children in the United States do not live with two married parents, this remains a very significant number. 'children living in single-parent or blended households' (Rich, Molloy, Hart, Ginsberg, & Mulvey, 2001 p.163). bad separations and divorces. Children are sometimes forced to take sides, or even choose sides. However, in other cases, some parents try to do everything possible to protect their children from the pain of separation and divorce. Even though parents try to protect their children from all the pain, they are still left with scars that will follow them throughout their lives. Some children who have experienced these scars of divorce show signs of anger, resentment, depression, neglect, isolation and have serious problems with...... middle of paper ......al life , and make children understand that after divorce, if the children love both parents equally, then everything is fine. The biggest concern children of divorce have is that they think the divorce is their fault. So, parents should leave no stone unturned to ensure that children do not develop this opinion” (Divorce Group Counseling, 2009 p.2). It is obvious that children of divorced parents know, consciously or unconsciously, that there is parental tension. in marriage before any divorce or separation of their parents. Naturally, a child would be affected in some way whether or not there were visible signs. Therefore, if parents are considering divorce or separation, they should prepare and support their children by enrolling them in some type of group counseling to ensure that the transition to this life change goes smoothly...