A child in a situation of divorce of parents. Pedagogical implications

Abstract

The article discusses the issue of divorce and its consequences for the functioning of the child. The most frequently mentioned reasons for divorce and selected theories than can be used in the article’s issues are indicated. The issue of divorce as a difficult situation has also been addressed, ‘critical events’, ‘trajectories od suffering’. The child is shown in a situation of a divorce crisis, characterizing the stages of divorce that the experiencing child goes through. The emotions accompanying the child in the face of parents' divorce were also presented. Another issue raised in the article was how the child copes with the parents’ divorce. Factors conductive to the positive adaptation of the child to divorce have been identified. The article also presents the pedagogical implications of how to support the child when parents break up.