Between Me and You!

Paul R. Amato and Jacob E. Cheadle argues that children who experience divorce are not all effected or
develop a serious problem. They state that the more a child is exposed to a divorce the more likely they are
to have problems. According to Amato and Cheadle parents with personality traits or antisocial behavior are
more likely to have children with the same problem. They blame children's problems on the discord between
parents. The argue that conflict between parents causes more stress for the children and that parents who
have conflicts with each other are more likely to have conflicts with their children. When parents have to many conflicts it can cause children to have low self-esteem because children will blame themselves for their parents problems (Grych & Fincham). When parents have conflicts it not only effects themselves but it also effects their relationship with thier children.