The effect of divorce of parents on child development by the eyes of child

The bachelor thesis deals with the problem of divorce and its influence on children. The thesis is divided into a theoretical and an empirical part. In the theoretical part the parents´divorce, child´s reaction to it, the reason for which the marriage is falling apart, what happens with the child after parents´ divorce even what consequences a divorce may have are all characterized. Further on, the theoretical part elaborates on how boys and girls deal with a divorce or how unique children vs. children who have siblings deal with it, as well as how a child reacts to their parent´s new partner. The goal of the thesis was to describe authentic memories of those adults whose parents got divorced. Two research questions were given: 1) What does a divorce mean for a child? 2) How does a child cope with the divorce? To carry the research out, I have selected a qualitative strategy, the method of data gatehring was an (semistructured) interview and focus groups. Content analysis of noted intervies and discussions, specifically cluster method, was chosen as the data processing method. Ten adults of 20-35 years of age, who went through the experience of parents´ divorce, were asked. The research results have proven that some adults have been strengthened by their parents´ divorce, some adults are still seeking for themselves and do not exactly know what to do with their lives. Most adults have agreed that they do not want to do the same mistakes as their parents. Most adults hate what was the cause of their parents´ divorce. That is why some adults who have gone through their parents´ divorce, are afraid to enter a marriage. If children were born, parents want to keep the family together. If parents argue they do not want their children to be the witnesses. If parents do not understand each other, they rather leave their partner than let their child grow up in an unwelcoming environment which the parents were growing up in themselves. The bachelor thesis might be an information material for experts working with children in a critical situation and for experts working in courthouses