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Student: Nguyen Hai Ha Apr 13th, 2009

Group: E1K41

Essay writing – Cause and effect

EFFECTS OF PARENTS’ DIVORCE ON THEIR CHILDREN

Topic: Write a cause and/or effect essay about the effects of parents’ divorce on

their children.

Outline:

1. Introduction: 

Thesis statement: Instead, it is their children that are affected emotionally,

financially and socially by the divorce.

2. Body:

−Emotionally

− Financially

− Socially

3. Conclusion: Obviously, children suffer just as much as their parents do in

terms of emotion, finance and sociality when marriages fall apart.

VERSION 1:

When a couple love each other enough to decide to get married and have children,

they must be the two happiest people in the world. However, if the marriage does not go

well and come to an end, they are probably not the ones who suffer the most. Instead, it is

their children that are affected emotionally, financially and socially by the divorce.

First and foremost, once parents are no longer with each other, their children of 

course will have a hard time facing the truth emotionally. The younger the children, the

more difficult it will be on them. Questions like “Mom and Dad don’t love each other 

anymore, what about me?”, “Am I the cause?” or “Why does this happen to me?” keeprepeating in their minds and breaking their hearts. In some case, the divorce involves

relocating of one of the parents along with the children. Adjusting to new houses, schools,

friends, consequently, adds up to the several problems children of divorcing parents are

expected to cope with. Seriously affected by this sudden event, some sensitive kids may

even suffer from anxiety, depression and sleeplessness.

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