Essays Tagged: "divorces"

Divorce, The Destruction of the American Family

There are, undoubtedly, a number of causes for the increasing number of divorces and unstable marriages. Divorce used to be considered scandalous and immoral. This contribu ...

(2 pages) 193 0 4.6 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Marriage and Family in Updike's Stories

A new problem had arisen in the twentieth century. Divorces between couples were occurring more than ever, and divorce had become the main concern in t ... The Lovely Troubled Women of our Old Crowd.One of the main causes of family problems, resulting in divorces, is the disability of parents to compromise. Most of the time, parents disagree on somethin ... men but not going anywhere?" (Updike, p. 39)These four girls are greatly affected by their parents' divorces, and as a result they didn't get married.Divorce also has other consequences rather than ju ...

(3 pages) 102 1 3.0 Jun/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Divorce in America and its effects on children

onal failure to change something as simple as a bad habit cause the end of the family. Most of all, divorces end bitterly, having very negative effects on children. Children can lose all hope of havin ... show they have a higher tendency for violence. Children from broken homes, or are products of messy divorces, need to lash out at the world and take out aggressions that are not being addressed by the ...

(2 pages) 211 1 3.9 Jul/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays

How to Communicate in a Relationship

uments. Plainly expressing one's thoughts is a lesson that many do not learn. The staggering number divorces in recent years may be the effect of ill-communication. Even with all the conveyances of mo ...

(3 pages) 204 0 4.4 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

Family Unity and Moral Values

Family Unity and Moral ValuesThe increase in the number of divorces and the decrease in the number of marriages does not reflect a breakdown of the family unit ... ather than helping lock us each into a technological cocoon.' (Medved)The increase in the number of divorces and the decrease in the number of marriages does not reflect a breakdown of the family unit ...

(5 pages) 298 0 4.1 Feb/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Parental Kidnapping

child's relatives. Most typically, child snatching occurs among families that are dissolving, as in divorces or foster care placement, and one of the former caregivers does not accept the legal ruling ...

(3 pages) 46 0 4.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Divorce (effects of divorce)

rience and divorce such a legal experience? Why do marriages take place under the eyes of God while divorces take place under the eyes of the law?I believe that it was because of my parents\' divorce ...

(9 pages) 639 0 4.3 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Divorce essay about the causes, effects and solutions of divorce.

re that they were just in love that wasn't going to last. In the U.S. in the year 2000 were 957,200 divorces have been reported (excluding the non-counting states). Marriages in the U.S. in the year 2 ... eported (excluding the non-counting states). Marriages in the U.S. in the year 2000 were 2,355,005. Divorces in New York in the year 2000 were 62,794. Men the age of 45 that are married, the relations ...

(5 pages) 484 0 4.6 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

No Fault Divorce.

rience and divorce such a legal experience? Why do marriages take place under the eyes of God while divorces take place under the eyes of the law?I believe that it was because of my parents' divorce t ...

(9 pages) 167 0 4.8 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Single-Parent Families.

from many problems later in their lives, problems that can probably be attributed to their parents' divorces:"Five years after divorce more than a third of the children experienced moderate or severe ...

(2 pages) 65 0 3.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Research paper about the effects of divorce on children.

ried (Canadian Stats, 2001). The Canadian divorce rate is 2.46 (per 1000) with an average of 73,000 divorces per year (Campbell, 2000).Research indicates that divorce is a painful transition in the li ...

(11 pages) 649 3 4.5 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

How divorces affect children in our society? By: 4.0GPA student.

How divorces affect children in our society?. Families are divided everyday and the circumstances vary, ...

(6 pages) 109 1 2.2 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Single People Should Be Allowed to Adopt

t could happen tomorrow. Andmaybe staying single could prevent certain issues, like separations and divorces thatcould lead to struggling and suffering for the whole family. However, single peopleposs ...

(3 pages) 57 2 3.4 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Elizabeth Taylor

e megastar that appeared in movies like Cleopatra. She has had a terrible personal life filled with divorces and sickness. But she has stuck around and survived to become a legendary actress.Elizabeth ...

(2 pages) 49 2 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Style and Contemporary Designs as a Result of Frank Lloyd Wright

re than one thousand and forty homes andbuildings. Frank led an interesting life full of marriages, divorces, anddesigning.Frank was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin on June 8, 1867. His parents wer ...

(5 pages) 66 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The life of Anne Sexton

g it was acceptable for men and not women. Such topics as drinking problems, ,mental breakdowns and divorces. A fellow poet Louise Bogan stated," these are almost always women's secrets that do not, i ...

(5 pages) 33 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Life

ring is used to symbolist this. Another reason would be for financial reasons because of all of the divorces in our culture the courts need a document to determine who gets what when the couple separa ...

(3 pages) 30 0 3.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Divorce: The Quick Fix?

revalent and steadily increasing every year. The average American is predicted to have two to three divorces over their lifetime. The question that arises in my mind is: Why would anyone want to get m ... ten couples divorce because they can no longer live together in harmony. Ninety-five percent of all divorces are caused by a lack of communication. Time is the biggest issue with communication. One wr ...

(5 pages) 121 3 3.5 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Cinderella

ese days, the situation could not possibly be any more contradictory to the original circumstances. Divorces and remarriages are common in today's day and age, many children of previous marriages are ...

(4 pages) 96 2 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Marriage And Divorce of the Baby Boomers

Reaction Paper #113 June 2004Marriage and Divorce of the Baby BoomersWhen we speak divorces in today's setting it is important to look at the purposes people got married twenty to thi ... se times you will find many similarities. To determine which similarities had the biggest effect on divorces today, I want to give a general description of the ideal marital conceptions.Starting with ...

(3 pages) 89 2 4.8 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology