Suicide In Teens Due To Divorce

Kids

oi-Anjana NS

By Anjana Ns

Friday, January 28, 2011, 10:53

When a couple goes through a divorce the whole family is in pain and distress. It is not only the husband and wife who has to face difficulties to deal with the loss of love but the children too who is the most highly effected.

According to research, it is said that most of the children who come from broken homes have the feeling of committing suicide. This is because they feel that they do not have the capability to handle such pressure therefore when taken help from their peer the only option is 'suicide'.

Innocent children in most parts of America have this problem as the divorce rates are very high. Teenagers who are at the age of 18 are more prone in getting suicidal thoughts as they feel it is an easy way out of their problems.

The University of Toronto investigators have done a study and have come to a conclusion that men from divorced families had more than 3 times the odds of suicide idealization in comparison to men whose parents had not divorced. Whereas adult daughters of divorce had 83 per cent higher odds of suicide idealization than their female peers who had not experienced parental divorce.
Teenagers are the ones who go through strong phases of childhood stressors like parental addiction, physical abuse, and parental unemployment which effects them in multiple ways thus resulting for them to go to a great extent of suicide.

The reason for teenage stressors is because of the lack of family care and individual parental love from the father and mother. Teenage Stressors is dangerous for them during this phase in life.
Divorce has to be dealt in such a way where the child understands that the parents can no longer live and love each other anymore.