Title:The Impact of Divorce on Young Children and adolescents
Author:Carl Pickhardt
Date Published:12/19/2012
Why Relevant and Summary:This article gives a child's perspective on divorce and how it may affect them directly and all of the ways it affects them
How This Influenced My Thinking:It gave me a better detailed account to what specifically a child may feel and need.
Credibility of Source:Very
Author: Carl Pickhardt Phd
Title: Raising child with divorce
Date: Dec 19 2011
Why Relevent and Summary: Gives exensive overview of how to deal with a child who has to deal with divorced parents. Also discusses how adolescents deal with divorce versus small children
How This Changed My Thinking: I did not know there were certain ways you can approach your children regarding this matter that can maybe help through this harsh process
Credibility of Source: i thought it was a credible source. psychology website and written by a Phd author
Title: Helping kids cope with seperation and divorce
Author: Jocelyn Block
Date Published: Nov 2012
Why Relevant and Summary: This article is a parents guide to supporting children during divorce. It describes the needs and expectations needed for healthy coping through divorce. Children need reassurance, stability, patience, and love even more during a divorce. Keeping these important staples intact will help the child deal with divorce. It discusses how kids are going to express their feelings and red flags for more serious problems developing due to divorce.
How This Influenced My Thinking: I have always thought that no matter what the parents do the children involved in divorces will feel the repercussions and that there is nothing that parents can do to fix it. This false belief that I have had is untrue-many children that are provided stable,secure, and loving homes after divorce learn to cope and turn out to be just fine. But it is all dependent on the parents methods of making the divorce less traumatic for the child.
Credibility of Source: Its credible- the authors are doctors.
Title: Children and Divorce
Authors: Jocelyn Block, Gina Kemp, Melinda Smith, and Jeanne Segal
Date Published: Nov, 2012
Why Relevant and Summary: This article was a wealth of information and advice about helping children through divorce. It was put in a clear concise way with explainations
How This Influenced My Thinking: I was a child of divorce, but at an age where it wasn't as impactful. It was interesting to see what my parents did right and wrong.
Credibility of Source: Written by MA's and a PhD-High
Title: Children and Divorce: Helping Kids Cope with Separation and Divorce
Author: Jocelyn Block, M.A., Gina Kemp, M.A., Melinda Smith, M.A., and Jeanne Segal, Ph.D.
Date Published: November 2012
Why Relevant and Summary: This article is very detailed with handling a divorce with children. The article gives detailed tips in how to help your children cope with a divorce.
How This Influenced My Thinking:This helped me understand why it is need to focus on the children during a divorce proceeding and how divorce can effect a child.
Credibility of Source: very reliable source the authors have M.A's and Ph.D's.
Title: Children & Divorce
Author: GSYMC
Date Published: 2009
Why Relevant and Summary: It helps to understand the behavior of children at different stages depending on when divorce takes place.
How this influenced my thinking:It helped me to understand what I was going through when my parents got divorced. Also helps me to understand what other children might go through and how to be a supportive friend or family member.
Credibility: This site seems to be credible.
Title: Focus on Kids: The Effects of Divorce on Children
Author: Karen DeBord
Date Published: n.d.
Why Relevant and Summary: It's relevant because it discusses what the child feels and what things may change according to which age group he or she is in.
How This Influenced My Thinking: It gave me more knowledge on how it is kids feel. This is beneficial to me because I want to work with children.
Credibility of Source: Seems credible. It lists all the sources used.
Title: Teh Effect of Divorce on Children: What makes a difference
Author: Nithyakala Karuppaswamy
Date Published: no date
Why Relevant and Summary: gives some really good information about how divorce effects children and what can be done to make a divorce easier for them.
How This Influenced My Thinking: It gave me some really good information about what to do and what not to do during a divorce.
Credibility of Source: Very good
Title: The Do's and Don'ts of Divorce for Parents
Author: James Lehman, MSW
Date Published: n.d.
Why Relevant and Summary: This goes over how to handle discussing divorce with children, what might be expected. and how to react to children's behaviour. Gives a list of what to try to do, and what to avoid.
How this Influenced my Thinking: This showed me that there are multiple reasons for divorce, and how children usually feel fear when they dont know what will be happening to their family. this also showed me that family divorce counseling might not always be favorable.
Credibility: Empowering Parents website that won an iParenting media award. ideas, not straight facts.