... pressure to get involved, which could increase their risk for problems, but they also have more emotional resources to help them cope, which could decrease their risk. Younger children may have less ability to sense and get involved to stop arguments, possibly leading to less risk, but they also have fewer cognitive resources to make sense of events and emotions, possibly leading to higher risks. Thus, determining how any specific child will deal with a divorce requires understanding of the child's strengths and the demands of the specific situation. Seeing the parents after divorce resolve problems and disagreements, and recover from angry exchanges may be helpful to children. What may be most harmful are repeated, and more frequent, angry and conflicted exchanges that do not lead to resolution and greater peace. These can be especially horrible when they include name-calling, and revealing buried resentments in a moment of anger. This ...

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