Children as Victims of Divorce
ABSTRACT
Needs and the condition of school-age children and adolescents
differ according to the stage of their development. The
first time a child is present in the world, second only to his parents whom he
recognized through inner feelings. Parents
were very happy blessed baby. Starting from birth, a child
always lived with both parents under one roof. During
infancy, they have not prepared themselves in terms of "separation"
even the words do not appear in their minds. Especially
for children who are always in the lap of his mother, he will feel much closer
to a mother than a father. When small problems arise in the
household, the parents do not realize that the child noticed that even though
they do not understand what is really going on. So the
divorce is the last option and unavoidable that they deem to be completed
malalah. Only problem parents completed alone, but to issue up whenever
the baby will never be finished.
The biggest problems arise due to unusual divorce on children
aged 6-12 years of all the shock, loss, uncertainty, and distress, to have more
widespread. In the six-year-old son, because
the awareness is increasing, new issues, such as guilt, blame, worry about the
welfare of one of the parents, worried about the cost of living, atu feel
trapped in the middle of two parents who are still hostile, can become part of
the their daily lives. Because they do not know who is
right or wrong, they just did what the parents ask. But it
was far from the wishes of a child.
For most teenagers, parental divorce makes their inner
distress, discomfort, cry, hurt, annoyed, felt the lack of attention and
affection from their parents, etc.. Their
own lives revolved around typical teenage problems, such as drugs, free sex,
free sex, or depression. They do not have the room and
time again the parents percerain disruption in their lives.
For a child, adolescent, or age dewasapun will make the event
a disaster that was pressing inward, kill the spirit soul for the future, as
well as drain jealousy or envy towards other families happy. But
they certainly have a strong inner voice that tells them to become independent
and begin to make their own lives.
CHAPTER
1
INTRODUCTION
A. BACKGROUND
Couples divorce rate in Indonesia continues to increase
dramatically. Religious Courts Agency (Balidag)
Supreme Court (MA) recorded during the period 2005 to 2010 there was an
increase of divorce by 70 percent. Divorce
has increased continuously until 2011. This
was evidenced by the data recorded in the Religious Courts and District Courts.
Historically,
divorce in 2009 reached 250 thousand. There
is an increase compared to 2008, amounting to approximately 200 thousand cases.
Here
is the data in 2010 from the Director General of Islamic Guidance Ministry of
Religious Affairs, the marriage of the 2 million people every year as
Indonesia, then there are 285 184 cases per year end in divorce as Indonesia.
In a domestic relationship is certainly not always run
smoothly in accordance with what we have planned, but it turns out there are
several other factors that are intentionally or unintentionally inhibiting
harmony in the family relationship. Either
a mistake made by a wife, keselahan made by a husband, or kesalaham made
by both parties. One result that caused the
conflict is with the divorce.
Divorce is a difficult process for pasangan.akibat divorce,
ex-spouses and the baby was hurt physically, emotional, physical, and spiritual.
Commotion
in the household usually starts from a small thing, but sooner or later due to
lack of understanding of each other or no one wants to budge the quarrel was
getting into. Divorce is caused by many
factors, such as: the difference principle (religion, career, etc.), the lack
of attention from one of the parties so that the onset of fornication or
adultery, violence, addictions (smoking, drinking, taking drugs), difficulty
economy, and so the lack of communication between husband and wife.
Divorce does not automatically able to solve various problems
in the marriage. On the other hand even cause new
problems, and make families involved feel comfortable and happy, the children.
Especially
a teenager. Teens of divorce as the most
difficult to accept it, is difficult given understanding, and difficult to
communicate. Thus tend to be rebellious
because of anger and disappointment to his parents divorced. Possible
for children age bias is controlled and persuaded by something you like, or for
children who have grown up more easy to communicate and understand what
happened to his parents. But for children at all ages,
however, is still a family disaster mental cripple them, a trauma, and life can
not be forgotten.
B. PROBLEM
FORMULATION
1. How the influence of parental
divorce, both on the development of children, adolescents, and adults?
2. What are the factors that
lead to divorce?
3. How efforts to do so due to a
divorce does not interfere with the child's development?
4. What is the impact of family
breakdown on children?
C. RESEARCH
OBJECTIVES
1. Knowing
the impact of divorce on children
2. Understand
the feelings and wishes of the child to his parents' divorce issues.
3. Knowing
the various factors of divorce.
4. Knowing
the effort approach to child due to his parents' divorce.
D.
BENEFIT
RESEARCH
Benefits that can be drawn from the author's research helps
solve problems faced by children (children and teens) related to emotions are
very unstable.
CHAPTER II
DISCUSSION
A. DEFINITION
OF DIVORCE
Divorce is the final decision of the couple to leave each
other, leaving both his duty as a husband and wife and left the role as husband
/ wife / parent families result from the failure of their mentor.
For children who do not understand the meaning of
"divorce" they may often wonder why their parents were never together
again. They just follow what was said by his parents. For a
teenager who is still in a state of very unstable emotionally, they assume it
is the destruction of his life, life would be much different after divorce,
feel everything becomes chaotic, and feel lost. For
children who have grown up, they will be easier to communicate, to better
understand the situation and condition, more able to take care of herself, be
able to distinguish what is right and what is wrong, and can advise parents fit
what he felt.
The point at whatever the age of the children who experienced
a split in the family, on the one hand "loss" is the first issue that
they see you. On the other hand, they show
difficulty in adjusting such as sadness, loneliness, solitude, slump, longings,
fears, worries, and depress. It is all just part of the sense of
disappointment to his parents. Who will be traumatized when they
witness a fight that was so terrible parents, they can only weep, locked
himself in the room, or go run away from home to calm themselves.
B. PARENT
CHILD RELATIONSHIP WITH
Before the child knows the wider environment, the first
neighborhood that they know are family. Family
as a social group made up of a number of individuals, have a relationship, in
which there are obligations and responsibilities of the role.
According Salvicion and Celis (1998) in a family there are two
or more than two persons are joined by blood, marriage or relationships
appointment, at his life in a single household, interacting with each other and
within their respective roles and create and maintain a culture.
Parents are a very important environment for the growth and
development of children. Parents also as a source of
support, encouragement, sensitivity, strength, and source kabahagiaan.
But what would happen if it all just be a dream for the
children feel? Children need to figure their
growth. Therefore, in a messy condition parents should act as
companions for children. Berkomukasi good as well as
friendship, to communicate will be the intermediary between them to rebuild
ties that have been cracked, but it can also be a parent to understand what
will and desire of a child that they can not express verbally. There
are efforts to solve the problems of children in ways that communicate to the
parents to do to be a baby outpouring:
1. Encourage children to worship
Parental divorce may weaken the
strength of the child. Especially is the power of faith.
Invite
children to worship can be an effective communication tool in accordance with
development stage. Still encourage the baby to
always draw closer to GOD Almighty to try and always pray God willing the baby
will be blessed multilayered power (the power of faith, mental strength, and
physical strength), given determination, patience, positive thinking, optimistic
, keep the spirit and never give up, crippling infirmities that way.
With
so slowly secar baby will grow up to be a great kid.
2. Affection and attention
As a parent, must give attention and affection from the
smallest thing. That way a child will feel cared
for and needed. TLC is the main capital for the
"health" spiritual body, and inner and outer. If
parents ignore this, then vice versa. They
will harbor resentment, feeling useless and ignored.
3. Gives confidence
parents are the primary role in shaping the personality of
children.
The
role of parents is to educate and direct them appropriately to provide
confidence and always assume good faith towards them. If
children behave badly, it does not mean the child is a child who can not be
trusted. All people are entitled to the trust, both internally and
externally. Every child is stubborn to change
for the better again. Depending on how parents educate
and watched.
If
parents have always suspected, interrogated, and prejudiced against children,
then hate injustice, and their minds will grow. Determination
to do evil even as alleged.
4. Take the time for children
Sesibu-busy parents, so packed with various activities or work
that does not mean the job is paramount. The
most important thing for parents to keep the pieces together hati.beraktivitas
baby is fun and is able to strengthen the relationship with the child's parents.
So
what's the harm if a father / mother to take the time to entertain his son by
way of doing a variety of things that they like? such
as: playing ball, playing in the garden, cooking and eating together, karaoke
at home, and so forth. In addition to playing, parents
can also take the time to listen and provide the best solution of grievances
presented by the baby. And eventually they will open
themselves to communicate, to entertain each other and feel entertained, to
forget the feelings or negative thoughts of children.
C.
BEHAVIOR OF CHILDREN AS VICTIMS OF DIVORCE
Not only become less socially, children of divorce would
experience academic impairment, decreased performance at school and outside of
school, but in trying to anxiety, loneliness, self-distrust, and grief
protracted.
A child of divorce who before becoming more comfortable and at
ease when they're at home, surrounded by his family let alone complete.
However,
all the comfort that no longer obtained after frequent check-choke between
parents, before and after divorce. Seharuskan
a house used as a place to learn, adapt, socialize, and play is not effective,
if it is like a ship destroyed by a storm so terrible in the middle of the
ocean. Moreover, to learn, to play just is not fun. Will
only add grief.
They will feel more comfortable playing outside the house,
hanging out with friends, spend time for things that are not bermanfa'at, even
in young children whose emotions fairly unstable if it will no longer be
considered reckless act deviate like: fighting, smoking , drinking alcohol,
taking drugs, and began to experiment sex.
Not all child victims percerain fall into promiscuity.
Actually
there are children who remain closer to GOD Almighty, aware of the risks if the
aberrant act, patient, tough, trying tuk always strong, the spirit, not
desperate to still achieve a bright future, despite the fact that their families
fall apart and status although sometimes parents are divorced but still a
fight, hate and blame each other. They can do that because they do
not harbor hatred and still love their parents. Kids
like that are exemplary and serve as role models in society.
D.
FACTORS MAY BE CAUSE DIVORCE
There
are many causes of divorce which had seemed from the cases that often occurs in
Indonesia, such as:
a)
Lack
of communication
In the
household, communication is very important and much needed between husband and
wife. No matter how small the problem should inform each other.
If
not, will lead to divorce. because the converse makes mutual
trust, mutual understanding, no lies, and no hidden thing. But on
the contrary if the household fails to communicate, it will often quarrel with
each other because they do not believe, do not understand each other, many secrets
are hidden from each other. This will beruung on divorce if
both parties lack or fail to communicate.
b)
Domestic
violence (domestic violence)
Domestic
violence is violence that is done in the household either by the husband or by
the wife which cause a physical, sexual, psychological, and economic.
It
became one of the leading causes of divorce.
c)
Adultery
In
addition, other problems that can lead to divorce are adultery, sex outside of
marriage is hubungnan by both husband and wife. it can
happen in the household due to possible as we discussed earlier, namely the
lack or fail to communicate, disharmony, lack of concern or caring husband to
his wife or vice versa, each busy with their work, feel insufficient physical
and spiritual happiness, infidelity, or just to have fun with others.
d)
Economic
problems
Money
does not buy happiness. But how else, including money to
meet basic necessities of life. Therefore, the economic factor is
still the most dominant cause of divorce couples in the community.
e)
Moral
and moral crisis
Factors
on the occurrence of divorce as well as economic issues, adultery, lack or fail
to communicate, and domestic violence can lead to a crisis of moral foundation
and morals neglected by husband wife mapun the roles and responsibilities j
E.
IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN
Children are the most injured victims when their parents argue
or decide to divorce. Feelings of fear and loss are
ever-present in their minds. Fear of losing a father or
mother, even fear of parting with siblings (brother or sister). Fear
of loss of love and attention of her parents are splitting up.
In their community who are victims of divorce arises
embarrassment to his friends, he surely would have thought that her friends
will talk about it at school and outside of school or so frequently to be alone.
With
fear, anxiety, sadness, anger, discomfort, and perceived jealousy will distract
the children's learning. Children's achievement in school
will decrease in both the academic and non-academic.
For most teenagers, the problems posed tend to mind and mind.
A
mind that is filled with stress and negative thoughts which always appeared
ultimately they have no control. Physically not so injured, but
sikis and personality is injured and messy. Even
slowly, as a poor runaway children will fall into promiscuity, such as: sex,
drugs, drinking, taking drugs, or other negative things that could harm himself
or others.
CHAPTER III
CLOSING
A)
CONCLUSION
Termination of conjugal marriage relationship / marriage is
legal according to Islamic sharia or Islamic by the State, it is called with
the divorce.
Is no
longer a minor implications for couples who already possess descent.
There
the term "ex-wife / ex-husband" but there are no "former
child". Although the status of divorced
parents, but the parents still will always be responsible for their children.
In a divorce most people do not think of going to the
continuity of their lives, they are more concerned with personal matters
especially for parents who have found a new companion. With
only a child of divorce was feeling sad and hurt at all, especially if coupled
with a new problem that father / mother remarried within a period not longer
than divorce. it will make the child more hit
and harbored resentment toward birth parents / stepparents are.
"If a child wants to marry his loved ones should ask
first blessing to his parents, and vice versa if the parents want to get
married again after divorce should ask for his blessing anyway" because if
it does not get the blessing of the person concerned, the marriage will not run
smooth and there are always problems. The
most important thing is respect the opinions and feelings of the children taste.
Of the conclusions that have been authors showcased in this
paper, in the RESULTS of the research can be conducted:
Maybe for a young child is not so influential, but if it
occurs in a child who was a teenager it would be fatal, especially on the
psychological and personality. Some of the impact on the teens
of divorce, teens will feel uncomfortable, lonely, lost, angry, sad, aloof, and
fear. For younger children, although not so influential, but still
it misses one child of his parents who do not live the house again.
And
if a young child had been tinggan with stepparents, then the child will feel
scared and just according to the step.
Any age child who has experienced his parents' divorce case,
whether a child, adolescent, or adult, they will feel a burden that is not
perceived by other children who did not experience it, feel the cuts that will
imprint his life. When they are happy, sometimes
the memory of the pain of her parents' separation will appear suddenly and fell
instantly, but they tried to smile back. Although
their parents had divorced, but they remain grateful that his parents still
exist in this world and still be met to release a sense of longing.
Keep in mind for parents. As
good as any in dealing with divorce, divorce influence will always made an
impression on children even when parents quarrel and the problem has been
properly completed.
B)
ADVICE
a)
Parents
should be sensitive to all the issues and conflicts that may affect the baby.
b)
From
the story of the destruction of the family of the child of divorce, there will
always be wisdom behind all of this that we can learn. There
is definitely a positive side of the event of divorce. the
destruction of the family does not mean destroyed everything, it all depends on
us who live it. If we are weak, collapsed, and
then life is not hopeless tone ka meaning. However
arise for children of divorce, the situation forced and encouraged us to be
strong faith, mental, and physical, strong, patient, self, spirit always, never
give up, and let your feet keep moving forward tuk reaching goals .
Because
if we confine ourselves, then we have to limit our ability.
c)
Prove
to parents who are more concerned than his new companion, that we can be
successful without having to hand him. But do
not grudge to our parents who made a mistake, however, they remain our
parents. Kitaa duties as children are our future parents membahagiaan
and forgive all the mistakes our parents because in the heart of a father /
mother the most in, surely they also have forgiven our mistakes first before we
ask for forgiveness.
d)
Do
not force children to accept a stepparent. Because
it can be their inner torment. All of that takes time.
Let
the child adjusts himself in a convenience.
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar