Often times they're very happy in their relationship, but when their relationship starts to experience the normal dips in satisfaction over time, when the couple does not feel as connected, or
typical life stressors happen and the relationship experiences more conflict, this person drifts away from the relationship rather than repairing the damage.
Multiple
life stressors, such as a family history of abuse or neglect, health problems, marital conflict, or domestic or community violence - and financial
stressors such as unemployment, poverty, and homelessness - may reduce a parent's capacity to cope effectively with the
typical day - to - day stresses of raising children.
Parental separation may also expose children to loss of social, economic and human capital.4, 14 Other explanatory factors may derive from characteristics
typical of separating parents such as lower relationship satisfaction and higher conflict levels also before the separation.4 The rising numbers of children with JPC have concerned child clinicians as well as researchers on the subject.20, 21 Child experts have worried about children's potential feelings of alienation from
living in two separate worlds, 20 — 22 increased exposure to parental conflict12, 22 and other
stressors that JPC may impose on a child.22 Such daily
stressors may be long distances to school, friends and leisure activities, lack of stability in parenting and home environment and a need to adjust to the demands of two different family
lives.12, 22 The logistics of travelling between their homes and keeping in contact with friends has been stated as a drawback of JPC in interview studies with children.23 — 25 Older adolescents, in particular, indicated that they preferred to be in one place.23