Question:
How does a divorce affect young boys and girls differently?
Dr. Ana’s Answer:
This question has not been examined much by researchers in the last few years. Girls and boys tend to cope differently with divorce, rather than one gender coping better than the other. The impact of divorce depends on many factors such as age, personality, parental support, or the level of conflict between the parents.
Most children, regardless of whether they are boys or girls, do worse in the months following parental divorce. However, most boys and girls are doing reasonably well by the second or third year after the divorce. Only around 25% of children of divorced parents experience long-term problems.
You can read more about this topic in this recent article discussing divorce.
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Ana
Dr Ana Aznar
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