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  • Essay / Impact of parental divorce on child's life - 1095

    This can lead to more behavioral problems. One problem may be that a child becomes a bully toward a classmate because the child is jealous of what the other classmate has. It can also lead to theft due to the need for something that the child cannot have but another can. Another thing is lower self-esteem, because the new learned behavior may cause the child to lose friends or not feel as "cool" as other children who have more friends and money. It could also cause the child to isolate himself from others. A parental divorce may result in signs of distress due to hurt feelings or loss of support from the parent. A child may stop eating or have trouble sleeping. A child may become more emotional. Some children are constantly worried while others are angry or sad. Small children of divorced parents tend to have more tantrums than children of married parents. Children cry more often and are not as happy when their parents are divorced. This can lead to mental instability as the child grows up, lower self-esteem which turns into bad behavior or, and