a who already has two boys. Nori meets James, who is divorced and has a daughter. When Nori and James get married, Jarred and Cassie now have a mother, a father, a stepmother, a stepfather, two stepbrothers, a stepsister and four sets of grandparents, both biological and step. A recent long-term study conducted by Princeton University found that elementary school children from divorced families, especially boys, on average scored lower on reading and math tests, were absent more often, were more anxious, hostile, withdrawn and were less popular with their peers than their classmates from healthy nuclear family environments. In later life, adults who grew up in divorced homes are more likely than others to tell investigators that they are unhappy, in poor health and dissatisfied with their lives. Men from divorced families are 35% more likely and women 60% more likely than their intact-family counterparts to get divorced or separated. (Brokaw)From my research, an example of insecurities in a child shows when he or she asks their father every couple of months or so, "Are you and mommy getting a divorce?", this most definantly shows the extent of worry in the child. (Brokaw) Also just seeing the distress of friends whose parents are splitting apart makes the child scared of the humiliating situation. "The complexity of families has reached astounding proportions," says Frank Furstenberg, University of Pennsylvania sociologist. A child who lives in such circumstances finds it very difficult to reckon who are his "kin-folk" and whether or not the people that he counts as kin can be counted upon in times of need. (Kantrowitz) Divorces can also mean that men and women with executive or professional careers putting in 40 plus hours a week, plus travel and home worries don't have enough time for family. And so children are not left with "quality time" which means little time from parents and with what sociologist Amitai Etzioni of George Wa...
