Divorce children ‘do worse at school’

CHILDREN of divorced parents do worse at school, have less social skills and are at greater risk of depression, according to one of the country’s leading psychiatrists.

They also cope better with the loss of a parent due to death rather than through separation or divorce, said Patricia Casey, Professor of Psychiatry at the Mater Hospital and UCD.

"Children are damaged by separation and divorce. During the divorce referendum there was misinformation that in any bad marriage it was better to separate. The research shows that is not the case.