Resilience of children from divorced homes a case study of Wesley Grammar School

Abstract

The study was conducted to examine the resilience of children from divorced families in the Ablekuma-North Sub-Metro of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly. Students of the Wesley Grammar School in the Ablekuma North-Sub-Metro constitutes the target population of this study and the accessible population was students from divorced homes from 1Arts 1, 1 Arts 2 and 1 Arts 3. The sample size was 15 students who were purposively sampled from 1 Arts 1, 1 Arts 2 and 1 Arts 3 who were from divorced homes. The instrument used for data collection was interview guide. The study also adopted the qualitative method approach. The study revealed that: divorce makes some children strong and resilient, divorce can reduce stress on children thereby improving upon academic standards and inadequate support in terms of education is a negative effect of divorce on children's academic performance. Based on the findings, certain recommendations were made. These include effective school counseling for students of divorced parents, divorced parents should endeavor to support their children even in divorce and school counselors should be alert and have an awareness of the warning signs that a student is struggling with home issues that are carried over into the classroom.