About half the marriages in the United States today end in divorce, majorly effecting the children in these families
• Teens who are dealing with the divorce of their parents begin to suffer academically as early as a year before the divorce occurs.
• In reaction to the divorce, many teens will act out, talk back to their parents and teachers, sneak out or start fights. Some even get arrested or start dabbling in narcotics and alcohol. Teens are looking for an outlet for their frustrations and fears and many times acting out is the only way they know to decompress and get the attention they are looking for, regardless of whether it is positive or negative.
• Fifty percent of children of divorce have no direct contact with the non-custodial parent in a year. Think of that 50%!
• Sixty percent of second marriages also end in divorce so a teen may go through more than one divorce in his or her lifetime.
• Thirty five percent of the divorced households will not remarry, so over a third will be one parent households