Children so traumatized by their parents divorce, that they need psychiatric treatment

Great article here from Ireland - A record number of Ulster Ireland couples are splitting up - leaving children so traumatized they need psychiatric treatment - it emerged today. A family expert said she feared divorce levels here had reached epidemic proportions.

"Mothers are coming to us during a separation saying they have noticed changes in their children's behaviour, anything from becoming withdrawn to aggressive."

"This is stemming from confusion and upset they are experiencing because their life has been turned upside down. We need an attitudinal change in how services and resources are used to support separating couples - in order to protect children and young people from the effects of such break-ups." Says Pip Jaffa, chief executive of the Parents Advice Centre, In Ulster, Ireland.

Read the History Of Fathers Resources International Blog - which is my story in part as a child of divorce. It wasn't pretty... NO CHILD such face such bleak circumstances.