A divorce is something that no family member wishes to go through, especially if they have children together. However, in today's society more people are going through divorce. Many people separate because they are not getting along with each other and have had many difficulties trying to reside with each other, or they have just found someone else. Whatever the case may be divorce is a long and stressful event in a person's life. I've seen the effects on a family that has gone through a divorce; some families can handle it and others cannot. What makes a divorce even more difficult is when the parents have children. The children don't know what to do in this type of situation and sometimes blame themselves for what is happening. Divorce is probably the most stressful of events that someone must deal with in their life, except the death of a loved one. Divorce affects every family member. Each member may just take the pain of separation a different way. After a divorce a mother might feel relieved if she initiated it. She is probably somewhat pleased that she does not have to go through the consistent arguments that they once did. On the other hand if the father was the one that wanted the divorce, then the mother might feel as if she failed not only as a wife, but also as a mother if they had children together.
             The effects on the father are mostly the same that the mother goes through, but after a divorce the wife tends to get the most of things, such as the house, legal rights for the children, child support. The father if it was not his decision to separate is also going to have a sense of failure. He too has some adjustments in his life to make. The father has to find a new place to stay, and figure out a way in which he can still see his children. Setting up a new home for the father is not going to be easy. There is going to be more expenses, even though he is not married,
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