“It is also estimated that between 40% and 50% of children born in the 1980s will experience parental divorce before they reach the age of 18 (The Influenza of divorce on children).” These children of divorce face the financial challenges of living paycheck to paycheck and surviving this stress. All this stress leads to them focusing less on school and starting to see lower academic results. This transition also affects them on an emotional level and can even stay with them for the rest of their lives, ultimately affecting their own marriage in the future. With little attention left to them, they turn to other activities for attention, including drugs and alcohol. While some children emerge from divorce as stronger individuals, others follow the wrong path and see the negative side effects