Which is worse and more traumatic a child growing up with a divorced parents or parents having a horrible marriage?
2006-07-24 23:30:12 · 16 answers · asked by LEO 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Good answers people but I’ve red a study that says that there is no such things as an amicable divorce and that a child brought up in a troubled house is much less traumatic than being torn apart between his parents.
2006-07-25 09:45:25 · update #1
probley a horrible marriage, b/c with a divorse the kid wont have to see the parents fighting, and sometimes if one of the parents shouldnt have ever even became a parent then they wont have to see them eather....
2006-07-25 01:09:30 · answer #1 · answered by Leesh 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Parents having a a child growing up with parents that have a horrible marriage is worse and more traumatic than a child growing up with divorced parents because if they are divorced than the child doesn't have to hear the screaming.
2006-07-25 06:38:08 · answer #2 · answered by Mlsig 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd have to say a bad marriage. The child would grow up confronted with the marital problems possibly every day, with no way of getting away from it. But, by the same token, it could be a bad divorce too. Basically, the parents need to be as mature as possible, and always think about the children. But I do think children are better off with happily divorced parents than unhappy married ones!
2006-07-25 06:40:17 · answer #3 · answered by bougainvillaea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would go for the latter, that is, having a horrible marriage is worse than a child growing up with divorced parents. With our society being more open to this set-up (divorce), children can adapt better if ever they came from divorced parents. However, having to go through agonizing marriage every single day may have devastating psychological and emotional effects that children can take to their adulthood.
2006-07-25 06:35:58 · answer #4 · answered by Joy RP 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tramatic ??
Growing up with parents in a horrible marriage is trama by comission, while growing up without 1 parent is trama by omission.
So, - you'll get a lot more answers stating that the "horrible marriage" is worse. Plus, since women typically think that divorce / separation is an option, - just not the first and preferred one, -then I'm sure they'd advocate that kids are 'better off' with divorce rather than an un-happy marriage.
But really, ... aren't they doing it for themselves anyway??
2006-07-25 06:33:39 · answer #5 · answered by MK6 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A horrible marriage. The child normally becomes the one stuck in the middle of the two parents. They can also grow-up thinking that love doesn't exist.
2006-07-25 07:26:46 · answer #6 · answered by okay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think parents having a horrible marriage is worse
2006-07-25 06:34:33 · answer #7 · answered by m.shahila m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think a child growing up with a horrible marriage, since they take all the pain and anger out on you and you become a subject of their failures as parents
2006-07-25 06:34:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parents with a horrible marriage is worse, because everyone is miserable.
2006-07-25 07:44:23 · answer #9 · answered by Beth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess the worse is when the parents pretend that they have a nice marriage just for the kid's sake
2006-07-25 06:49:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋