Final Summary/Reactions

After privately asking 5 individuals I know have divorced or separated families, I was surprised with the amount of various responses I received on the questions I asked. For example, one question was if they thought a change that occurred after the split benefited or damaged their family. The response shows 40% benefited and 60% put both. These results show how not every divorce had a positive outcome to all families.

On a whole, I'm really glad I chose this topic since I can relate to it so well. I have a lot of compassion for children who are experiencing the same hardships, I hope you tell by my presentation how truly interested I was researching about Marriage and Family and the effects of divorce.

Revised Summary/Plan 4/14

I have shared my google doc so far with about 5 people who I know have divorced parents. The feedback i've been getting shows that most families have had a civil divorce and that they think their family has benefited from the change. Some people said they understand why their parents got divorced and are ok with it. Coming from a divorced parent family myself, seeing this information about how people haven't had that hard of a time going through a divorce makes me pleased. I'm glad this has helped the families rather than cause a harsher outcome. More people will be getting my survey so there will be more information and statistics to come! 

Strategy/Plan for Research

My plan is to create a survey and send it mainly to teenagers with divorced or separated parents. There will be about 10-15 questions. These questions will help figure out the effects of divorce throughout the families. For example, one questions might ask if the divorce was mutual or civil between the parents. I will not be making my survey public but rather sending it privately to a group of teenagers who I am aware have divorced parents. I'm interested in learning the effects of going through a major family change such as divorce in upper middle class families. 

Suggested Research Message

As a child from divorced parents, this topic was obviously easy for me to relate to. My plan is to develop  a survey to see how many typical upper middle class families have divorced or separated parents and the general consensus of the effects it has on members of the family involved. I will be asking a series of questions if there parents are divorced, how they feel about it, and if it benefited their family or not. I will be giving teenagers this survey ranging from the ages of 13-18.