h most boys were bright, after their parents' divorce many of the boys in Wallerstein's study started having learning and behavior trouble in school, in adolescence and young adulthood a significant number began to drift. By young adulthood, both boys and girls from divorced families were having difficulty forming close and loving relationships. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, since 1990 there has been a steady increase in the number of children from single parent families resulting from divorce having learning disabilities and emotional and behavioral problems. (Congressman)Over the past several decades, the tragedy of parental neglect of children due to divorce is reflective of the plagues in our society where young adults are highly involved: Teenage pregnancy, criminality, youth violence, and drug abuse to name only a few. Furthermore, day by day they are rising to a wider portion of the society. They lack constructive social support that should promote their education and health. They have very few models of competence. They are bereft of visible economic opportunity. As a result of their parents' inability to preserve their marriage, the result of the epidemic revolution of divorce, remarriage and divorce again has deeply affected the hearts and minds of American children. The fate of these young people is not merely a tragedy for them, it affects the entire nation. A growing fraction of our potential work force consists of seriously disadvantaged people who will have little if any prospect of acquiring the skills necessary to revitalize the economy (Wallerstein). If we cannot bring ourselves to feel compassion for these young people on a personal level, we must at least recognize that our economy and our society will suffer along with them. In conclusion, with the research and information we now have, it makes one look back to the Norman Rockwell paintings of families of yesteryear and realize the nuc...
