One artist’s depiction of divorce showing a sketch of a parent and child. There seems to be distance as they are not holding hands. Looks like the child is reaching out to their parent.
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This artwork is made into a variety of items including a phone case. Which is somewhat disturbing as there is no head on the parent. Very curious.
Tom Gowanlock. Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom.
#249, Parent and Child
One parent (father), shares thoughts on missing his daughter. As in many cases, the separation of parent and child is often due to rulings of the Family Court system.
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Anonymous
I am so broken. I just want to hold my baby girl again.
Tell her I Love her. Tell her I never abandoned her.
How can the courts do this to our children?
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#248, Devastation of Divorce
This father shares the reality of the custody agreement issued by the courts. How true! How can one develop an emotional bond, establish a loving relationship, teach life lessons and instill a sense of security in 4 days a month. This family could benefit from a custody do-over!
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Anonymous
4 days a month is devastating as it is. But let’s not get carried away, 4 days a month is really only Saturday morning to sunday afternoon. Maybe 60 hours a month. That doesn’t leave enough time for a healthy meaningful relationship.
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Shared on The Fathers’ Rights Movement, fathers4kids.
#247, 4 Days a Month
A startling picture of divorce for one individual!This mother is asking her daughter to lie to her dad. Several things stand out in this pic: the single green eye; eye of envy, perhaps. The child is sobbing and crying because this is a sad situation for a child to be put in. While yes, the mother is comforting the child; note that the mother is named ‘Soul Eater’.
With PA, if one parent is trying to ‘WIN, then the child is losing at some level! A very emotional depiction of divorce.
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Deviant Art, “it’s ok to cry Sky…..by Skylar8493
Link to artwork and background story of artwork:
http://www.deviantart.com/art/It-s-ok-to-cry-Sky-546843065
#246, Soul Eater
Perhaps the better question is: WHY do I have to choose? How distressing for a child to have to choose which parent to side with.
DIVORCE IS BETWEEN THE PARENTS_
ABOUT THE CHILD!!!!!!
LOVE WINS!!! LOVE WINS!!! LOVE WINS!!! LOVE WINS!!!
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#245, Who Do I Choose?
One parent uses his parents divorce as a motivator to be a strong husband and father. Everyone has their motivators! He was able to put his life together following the devastation of parental divorce.
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My parents got divorced as I was entering high school. I generally say it hit my younger brother the hardest. I think that’s just because his reaction was more outward. My dad is on wife #3. Hopefully, she’s the final one.
My mom didn’t remarry. She viewed it as her keeping her vow, since my dad wasn’t dead. Thankfully, she found comfort in Jesus and didn’t bring another man into the home.
I became a statistic on many levels…heavy drug use and recklessness. Finally, after a trip to rock bottom, I found myself back in school and working overtime to prove that I wasn’t a failure. I’m married now with a family of my own, and I work and stress myself out trying not being the father and husband my dad was. Sometimes, the stress can get overwhelming, but if I can just do these 2 things right, I will look back on my life and smile.
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Marriage-ecosystem:
Link: http://www.marriage-ecosystem.org/trying-to-outrun-the-curse.html
#244, My Parents’ Divorce
One picture is worth a thousand words!
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Devant Art. Just Another Broken Home by the silver-fox
Link to artwork:http://www.deviantart.com/art/Just-another-broken-home-92328186
#243, Just Another Broken Home
A very sad depiction of divorce! There is a faint outline of a figure in the darkness. Excellent representation of divorce from the child’s perspective!!!!!!
The artist comments: “When parents divorced and one parent goes away, the child suffers most because it can not understand why this is happening. It usually loses his unburdened childhood … and must take farewell of them. (the bunny represent the childhood that threatens to go out of the darkness of the parents!)
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Deviant Art. Dad Where Are You? by LuceDraw
Link to artwork: http://www.deviantart.com/art/Dad-where-are-you-399591508
#242, Dad Where Are You?
An example of the trauma that parental conflict can create for some children of divorce. This individual now views a major holiday differently because of the fighting and does not want to share a family Thanksgiving dinner again. I wish these parents would see how their behaviors are impacting their child. Will they come to the realization of how their child feels and recreate the dinner with a positive attitude and make the holiday a day to remember?
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I know the filling about parents fighting. My parent are not divorced but they were really close to it. I had to watch my mom and dad fight and it’s a sad sight to say that I didn’t even talk to them for a while till it cooled down. Whats worst is on a Thanksgiving when our whole family was coming. Thanksgiving was ruined! I will never go to my family Thanksgiving dinner again. I will keep trying to avoid that day.
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#241, Thanksgiving Day Forever Ruined
An adult child of divorce shares thoughts on divorce:
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I know what fighting is like..I seen it..I mean some people just think of themselves and not the sake of the kid…it’s sad when this stuff happens and it makes me sad to see this happens far too often..I wish people would know what they are doing before they get married.
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#240, Sad
coparentingconfessional.com 
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