The commitments and adjustments that are required to make the marriage work are never easy, and it requires lot of patience and understanding from both the partners. As two people come from diverse backgrounds, have different personalities and different family values, there are very few common things among them to start with. In recent years, women empowerment has led to steep increase in the divorce rate. In many cases, the couples date for a while, and then decide to get married too quickly.

Young couples who rush into marriage do not take enough time to understand each other before marriage, and finally realize that there is no compatibility between them. The issue of children from broken families has become a major concern today. There may be many reasons for two married people to end a relationship, but their innocent children go through painful ordeals. Very young children do not understand the complications and intricacies of life, and they are often left with many unanswered questions.

Emotion of love is the most powerful of all emotions, and young children are in dire need of this emotion from their parents. During the divorce, every time their name comes up, they feel that they are the cause of the separation, and there is no way they can understand that they are not to be blamed for the situation. Toddlers too feel the absence of a parent, and its father in most cases. Toddlers feel insecure and cry often, and cling more on to the mother for the fear of losing her as well.

Children of all ages get affected by divorce, and though infants do not understand anything, they still feel the change in energy of the parents. As per the report by University of Michigan, 63% of children of divorced parents suffer from some kind of psychological problems including moodiness, phobia, sadness, anxiety and depression. 46% of these children show the signs of aggressive behavior towards their parents and 56% show poor grade results in their studies. As compared to boys, girls are more likely to get affected by parents divorce, and it drastically affects their self-esteem.

Fear of abandonment is one of the biggest fears a child has after the separation of parents, and child feels what if the remaining parent leaves him or her as well. Children also fear the change such as joining a new family, or living with step-parent and siblings. Children also fear the change in their life-pattern, and joining a new parent or siblings. Living under the constant pressure or fear is not good for normal growth of a child.