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How can I make notes with bullet points in this paragraph? Children also suffer because they have lost the home and lifestyle to which they were accustomed. Their family income has dropped, and their mothers often have trouble making ends meet. Some children are forced to take on more household responsibilities after the divorce, which leads to resentment and rebellion. Children find the adjustment to divorce easier if they experience fewer stressors, such as burdensome household chores, responsibility for younger siblings, moving to a new town, and repeated trips to court (Clarke-Stewart & Brentano, 2006). Although parenting improves markedly in the second year after divorce, problematic parenting is more likely to be sustained with sons-especially temperamentally difficult sons. Divorced mothers and daughters are likely eventually to form close relationships, although mothers might have to weather their daughters' acting out in adolescence (Hetherington & Kelly, 2002). When divorced mothers manage to be warm and consistent in their discipline, their children-of both genders have fewer adjustment problems (Wolchik et al., 2000). Authoritative parenting is associated with more positive adjustment of children in divorced families, just as it is in intact families. If divorce reduces stress and conflict and leads to better functioning of parents, children tend to benefit in the long run. Need Assignment Help?