Today, 49% of children grow up in a broken home whether it be divorce, abuse, foster care, or financial instability. This growing number shows to have a significant effect on the child’s adulthood. Because of instability in a child’s life this results in long term physical, mental, and social effects on adulthood.
The increase amounts of stress in an unstable environment causes physical effects in adulthood for children. Instability in a child’s life leads to long term physical effects as studies show signs of disease and inflammation in adulthood. For example, in studies published in “Childhood Maltreatment Predicts Adult Inflammation in a Life-Course Study,” the authors support that living in unstable conditions alters the stress response …show more content…
In particular, children whose family structures changes show social instability within their own relationships as adults. Children whom have changes in family structure, in specific with divorces shows long term social instability. In particular because of a parents struggle to maintain a relationship, childrens grow up to show the same effects and cannot maintain stable relationships (Fomby and Cherlin 4). In addition, families financial stability leads to rebellious and grade struggling adults. In “The Negative Effects of Instability on Child Development” A Research Synthesis,” discusses children whose parents are financially unstable, “Among dual-earner families in which mothers earn more than fathers, fathers’ involuntary job loss is associated with a higher likelihood of grade repetition and school suspension and expulsion for school-age children compared to mothers’ job loss (Sandstrom and Huerta 22). Financial instability proves to have increases effects on children as it is likely to have social effects on these children because the study shows it is “Associated with a higher likelihood of grade repetition and school suspension”. Unknowns for children prove to increase social erratic behavior and violent outbreaks. Therefore, children from families with structure and financial instability show signs of social outbreaks and inability to maintain stability within their own
The increase amounts of stress in an unstable environment causes physical effects in adulthood for children. Instability in a child’s life leads to long term physical effects as studies show signs of disease and inflammation in adulthood. For example, in studies published in “Childhood Maltreatment Predicts Adult Inflammation in a Life-Course Study,” the authors support that living in unstable conditions alters the stress response …show more content…
In particular, children whose family structures changes show social instability within their own relationships as adults. Children whom have changes in family structure, in specific with divorces shows long term social instability. In particular because of a parents struggle to maintain a relationship, childrens grow up to show the same effects and cannot maintain stable relationships (Fomby and Cherlin 4). In addition, families financial stability leads to rebellious and grade struggling adults. In “The Negative Effects of Instability on Child Development” A Research Synthesis,” discusses children whose parents are financially unstable, “Among dual-earner families in which mothers earn more than fathers, fathers’ involuntary job loss is associated with a higher likelihood of grade repetition and school suspension and expulsion for school-age children compared to mothers’ job loss (Sandstrom and Huerta 22). Financial instability proves to have increases effects on children as it is likely to have social effects on these children because the study shows it is “Associated with a higher likelihood of grade repetition and school suspension”. Unknowns for children prove to increase social erratic behavior and violent outbreaks. Therefore, children from families with structure and financial instability show signs of social outbreaks and inability to maintain stability within their own