Divorce of parents makes children of alcoholics and drug addicts

Children of divorced parents more often resorting to alcohol obtained of two schools, faced with eating disorders and drug abuse. Such conclusion was British sociologists.

Divorce of parents

About 60% of children whose parents We went through a divorce, felt the negative consequences of this step themselves. More than 25% of adolescents and young people who participated in the survey of sociologists, They complained that they were involved in parental disputes, which negatively impact on their psyche. Every eighth respondent used drugs or sought the help of alcohol, and almost a third began to eat in much larger or much smaller amounts than previously, which It has led the development of an eating disorder.

In general, social scientists tracked the exposure parents' divorce   on Health 500 young people aged 14 to 22 years. It is another a study that shows how a heavy blow to the physical and mental health of the child is divorce mom and dad. Meanwhile, Statistically, about 50-60% of young couples in Russia subsequently held through a divorce.

thirty% participants stated that one of the parents tried to get them to their Parties to a dispute with the other parent. Most of the children after parents' divorce   declined sharply performance, 12% began to regularly miss school, 11% of any serious problems in its relations with teachers. It should be noted that the United Kingdom, for According to statistics of the European Union, a country which is home to most large numbers of children with single parents in all of Western Europe. However, Russia on this indicator, for sure, is one of the leaders of the East Europe. (READ MORE)

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