According to recent studies, girls are more affected by divorce than boys.

"Endangered species" is a term that could also be used for describing some girls. Recent 

studies show, girls are more affected by divorce than boys, and when the father is not actively 

involved in her life, a girl is likely to suffer emotional damage that could last into adulthood. It 

doesn't matter why the divorce happened. If a father is active in a girl's life, she adjusts more 

easily and lives a happier, more fulfilling life.

Whereas the "endangered black male" has always been a topic of discussion, no similar discussion has been generated around the topic of females. It takes a male role model for males to follow, but daughters need fathers in a different way, perhaps to teach them how to relate to males. 

According to studies, for many reasons, daughters are more affected by a divorce than sons. The following statement is an excerpt from the book, Father-Daughter Relationships-Contemporary Research and issues, by Linda Nielsen (2012):

"Overall then, the differences between daughters with divorced

or married parents are relatively small, if their socioeconomic

levels are similar. Still, daughters of divorced parents are more likely 

to develop academic, behavioral, or emotional problems than

those with married parents. More important still, the one aspect

of a daughter’s life that is almost always damaged by the divorce is

her relationship with her father. Moreover, her relationship is usu-

ally more damaged than the son’s. So regardless of how successful

or well adapted she may be in other areas of her life, the daughter

generally pays this ongoing price for her parents’ divorce: a weak-

ened or severed relationship with her father."

Linda Nielsen asks a few questions regarding father-daughter relationships: How do you rate as a father? How does your own father rate?

I know women and girls who have been negatively affected by divorce, but I also know those who have thrived despite emotional setbacks caused by a divorce. Linda Nielsen seems to be saying, how well a girl adjusts mostly depends on her involvement with her father.
(c)M.D.Johnson (2015)
 
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