The powerful experience of trust serves as a cornerstone and is pivotal for healthy child development. Children seek opportunities for exploration and rely on a secure foundation from which to seek ...

Adults whose parents divorced report more depression, but new research suggests other childhood family hardships may explain much of the link.

I asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to reflect on how their parents' divorce affected them in the long term. Everyone who shared their stories experienced this when they were really young, ...

Adult children of divorced parents have experienced a wide array of childhood challenges, no two being exactly the same. Every year, nearly 1 million children in the U.S. experience this change, with ...

U.S. children whose parents divorce when they are age 5 or younger have reduced earnings as adults and increased chances by young adulthood of teen pregnancy, incarceration and death, according to a ...

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A pediatrician once asked me to help a six-year-old named Sam, who was struggling with anger and sadness over his parents’ divorce. His mother and father had separated nine months before, and he was ...

When parents announce their decision to separate, the focus typically shifts to supporting younger children through the transition. However, divorce can profoundly affect adult children as well, ...

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