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Divorce: How does it affect teenage girls? By: Rochelle Angley DCP-Quirk Mon/Wed 6-10 November 7, 2001 Did you know about half of American marriages end in divorce and three-fourths of these involve children? About one-fourth of these children live in single-parent households. Many of the children living with their mother, although the father's custody has increased over the past decade from nine to fourteen percent, we are still seeing them struggle into today's society. Children spend an average of five years in a single-parent home (almost a third of their total childhood). For many of those divorced it eventually leads to a new family and new relationships. Almost two-thirds of divorced parents remarry a second time. Many of these relationships causing a third major change- another divorce. Divorce is not a single event, instead it leads to many life-altering changes: new living arrangements, change in housing, income, family roles, and responsibilities. All children suffering from...

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