Bev & Tom's newest book Adult Children of Divorced Parents: -Making Your Marriage Work- Resource Publications, Inc
 

Common Characteristics

Adult Children of Divorced Parents 
or ACODPs

1. Adult children of divorced parents (ACODPs) have a higher divorce rate that children from intact families.

2. ACODPs suffer more from depression and anxiety than children who's parents stayed married to each other.

3. ACODPs struggle more with the ability to trust in relationships.

4. ACODPs have an inordinate amount of fear: 
Fear of abandonment
Fear of doom and disaster
Fear that they cannot do relationships successfully, and more.

5. ACODPs suffer from insecurity which can lead to perfectionism and control in relationships.

6. ACODPs have tough time communicating their true feelings.

7. ACODPs have no role models of how relationships should work.

8. ACODPs have fragmented families and weak social structures because of their parent's divorce.

9. ACODPs struggle with forgiveness and need help to be able to do this. 

Divorce wounds children young and old in the following areas:

• Self-esteem

• Performance

• Social Skills

• The ability to do successful relationships

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