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Divorce is a word more and more children are hearing and having to cope with in society today.

Today, one in two marriages ends in divorce, and many of these marriages involve children, according to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Sometimes children get lost in the shuffle experiencing a great trauma during this difficult transition. They may be scared and confused by the disruption of the security of what they knew as their safe place that was their family. They may also experience pressure to be a “peacemaker” and having to choose between their parents.

This pressure is often too much to bear for a child of any age.

via How to Ease the Pain: Divorce and Its Impact on Children » Evansville Courier & Press.