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Influence of Divorced Family Environment on Children’s Emotional Development
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Abstract
The purpose of this article is to explore children’s positive and negative emotions in divorced families and which parents had a greater impact on (positive or negative) children’s emotional development after divorce, like anxiety, anger, shrink, and low self-esteem, which is based on past studies. Subsequently, positive and effective interventions were proposed, such as family education, and community and school education guidance. Family education guidance includes education guidance for single-parent families and for reorganization families. School education instruction includes home visits and “Mood Corner”. This review further explored that the essence of emotional development in children from divorced families is actually the relationship between the parents after the divorce and interpersonal relationship, which includes the relationship between parents after divorce, the care and way of school and society, and the acceptance of others. Based on the analysis of this review can provide some ways for parents of divorced families to promote their children’s emotional development, as well as for parents of divorced families to pay attention to the importance of children’s emotional development.
Keywords
divorced family, children, emotion, emotional development
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Yao,X. (2023). Influence of Divorced Family Environment on Children’s Emotional Development. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,15,28-33.
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