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The paper relates that when divorce occurs in the family every child is affected differently ("Effects", n.d., para. 1); children may exhibit a variety of behaviors caused by the divorce, such as bed-wetting, attempts at suicide or drug abuse ("Effects", n.d., para. 3). The paper explains that this is because children often feel that when divorce occurs it is somehow their responsibility to attempt to hold the family together and that they are to blame for the disruption in the household. According to the University of Minnesota, the child may also believe that he or she is "powerless", is tasked with taking care of the parents or may experience grief because of the loss that is experienced ("Effects", n.d., para. 2). The paper refers to how Leon and Cole (2007) discuss the issue of divorce and the immediate impact that this occurrence may have on the child and his or her relationship with siblings. The paper also looks at the works of Berger and DeBord on this subject.

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"When divorce occurs in the family every child is affected differently ("Effects", n.d., para. 1). Children may exhibit a variety of behaviors caused by the divorce, such as bed-wetting, attempts at suicide or drug abuse ("Effects", n.d., para. 3). This is because children often feel that when divorce occurs it is somehow their responsibility to attempt to hold the family together and that they are to blame for the disruption in the household. According to the University of Minnesota, the child may also believe that he or she is "powerless", is tasked with taking care of the parents or may experience grief because of the loss that is experienced..."

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