Not exact matches
However, in adoptive
children if you take the
abandonment issues into account that could explain some of this as anxiety
often manifests itself as behavioral issues such as ADHD or ODD.
Some states do not award alimony unless there is some form of wrongful conduct and those are
often times only seen in fault divorces, where one spouse can prove something like
abandonment, financial abuse, addiction, physical abuse, adultery,
child abuse, etc. most states, now, are no fault, and if alimony is available it's
often only rehabilitative.
Unattached or insecurely attached
children feel a deep sense of
abandonment, which is
often expressed in behavioral patterns.
Some
children have an insecure attachment to the allied parent, who is most
often the primary caretaker, and may fear
abandonment by that parent.
Feelings of fear, anxiety,
abandonment, and rejection
often accompany these types of significant changes in a
child's life.
Children often view this behavior as
abandonment.
The rage from
abandonment is
often the motivating factor for these parents and what better way to hurt someone than to turn their
children against them.
Because parents may
often be consumed with their own feelings during a divorce, they might overlook the emotional state of their
children, who may be confused by the divorce or feel guilt, loss, pain, or
abandonment.
Russ contends that» [b] lind adherence to the family preservation policy using a biological definition of family
often flies in the face of the» «best interests of the
child»» and has led to the abuse, neglect,
abandonment, and even death of literally thousands of
children in our country.»