Divorce Causes & effects on Children

Human society have units which are very peculiar to it. One of such is the institution called marriage. Every race and culture have her marriage custom and practice, some are closely similar while others are different, though the essence of this union tends to be similar in all cultures. This union which in the beginning often have an expectation of a life-long relationship sometimes have a contrary ending with its attendant effects on the human society. In some cases, there is a temporary separation while in some other cases the marriage ends in divorce. In the case of divorce, the effects are on the partners, the wider community and the children. This paper is an attempt to look into the causes of divorce and the effects on children. The paper is not focused on any particular tribe because the issue of divorce, its causes and effects on children is global and is not limited to a particular tribe or geographical sphere. In this paper, attention will be given to explain what marriage is as a precursor to divorce, the causes of divorce and the effects on children before pointing out some recommendation on what should be done to ameliorate some of these effects on children in particular, and the human society in general.