I was very young when my real parents divorced. Growing up was very difficult for me because I didn't get to spend practially any time with my dad. I would get to see him once or twice a year, but by the time i was nine i went to spend the day with him and it was the last time I had saw him. I haven't spoken to him or talked to him ever since and a little time after that, my mom remarried. It only took a few years for them to divorce as well. Because I have a terrible relationship with my mom, I don't have that father figure in my life, and i don't feel as though I can really talk to anyone. Now because my real father left, i feel as though he has abandoned me and my sister, but i would be able to forgive him if only he would return into my life.

im 12 years of age tyra i was seven when my parents divorced its been hard divorce distroyes families it takes them apart my sister kharissa protected me from alot of the pain shes seventeen now trying to make she tried to get in Julliard and marymount college but my moms to busy to help my sister my sister. its one thing to suffer divorce but my mom is married to another man and its hard. i remember when i was seven and said im to young for a divorce its tragic sometimes i get really depressed but thats when God takes his loving arms and puts them around me thats why i never loose hope

I definately have been affected by my parents' divorce. I'm only 16, and while everyone is out partying or having fun, I choose to have a few close girlfriends and my boyfriend. The thing is, my dad emotionally abused me as a toddler and then started up again when I was in about 4th grade. This has left me with tons of trust issues, and it takes me years to consider someone a friend. The thing is, no one that I've discussed with takes emotional abuse seriously. They think that just because I've had no bruises or anything that I'm perfectly fine. It's just the opposite; I'm an emotional reck. My father called me fat, stupid, worthless, and then a few days later he'd completely deny it, or he honestly didn't remember due to his disease (he's bipolar). Because of all his remarks, I developed an eating disorder that has permanantly cause some of my organs to shut down (especially my intestines; I'm dependent on Miralax for survival). I wish there was more awareness of emotional abuse; I know on the Tyra Show that, in the past couple years I've watched, there's been next to nothing about it. I feel that if you'd done a show about it, I might be taken more seriously, since almost everyone at school watches this show. There's no reason for abuse, but there's especially no reason for someone to feel invalidated about what they've been through. I hope you, Tyra, read this. You are such an advocate for young women like me, and I've always respected you. I need help getting this out and in the open, like physical abuse is. Peace, fierce, and love =)

my mom and dad where really abusive to me and my brother and sister. they would always fight all the time and never showed any happiness in their lives with each other that was two years ago and now im 18, it has affected my life by making me happier those two people together never worked and had made me a more positive person by not being around their negativity

My mom and dad went thruogh a divorce when I was only 4 years old. then my dad asked me who I loved more him or my mom. but as a young adult, I think that I'm always traveling around ALOT I love my parents but they are as*es to me and my younger sister. My older siser NEVER visits my dad so I never talk the last time that I talked to her was last year on my dads birthday. she only comes around when she wants some money. the one that was the most affected was- my OLDER SISTER not me I don't talk that much about it!!!!

Hey, I'm Jessica. My parents where always on and off at first. My Mother has always been a very religious person and my father always the other way around, but my mother always seemed to want him around for my sake and my brother until we got old enough to understand where she was coming from and to understand why she didnt want to be with him. My mother would always get back with my father because when we were young we would always say " My dad wouldnt do that", "My dad would let" Our dad would always be the good person. When in fact he'd show up drunk at home late nights or wouldnt show up at all. and yet as young as we were we still didnt understand and wanted him there. It's hard to explain writing it down. But as we got older my Brother and I saw that what he was doing was only hurting us. One night my mother sat down with us and said " Now do you see why I dont want to be with him" while he was drunk on the couch. Me and my Brother than said that we'd thought it best for him to leave.So my for the frist real time,she really let him go. She didnt love him anymore but yet spent all that time with him so that one day we wouldnt blame it on her. So we could see for ourselves. Today I'am happy that my dad has his own life and does what he does away from us. I'm proud of my Mother for having the strenght in being next to him for all those years. and yet i would never change my decision that i made that night, because Today i know what it

hey guys I'm Laura and today's my birthday. I'm 14 =] lol. anyway, my parents have been divorced since I was 3 so I don't really remember them together at all. I guess that's why it's been so easy for me but the people who know me know I'm a negative person so that's why I find it's weird that I look at this with a positive outlook. It's not like I have it bad like other people who don't get to see their father/mother. I see my father 1 time a week on alternating Tuesdays and Thursdays. Like if I go to his house on Tuesday night, then I go to his house for the same weekend. Another good thing that came out of my parents getting divorced is that they both got remarried and they're both happier. I also like both of my step parents and their kids. I'm closer with them than I acctually am with my biological brother and sister, which is bad but true. I just feel like only positive has come from my parents divorce. I mean sure my real brother and sister have been more affected by it since they saw how my parents acted before the divorce and were used to that behavior. I feel like I've learned to deal with hard problems and that will help me in life. It's made me grow up and be a better person. Even though I'm still a negative person, this and the facts that I'm in love =]

Hello Everyone I never remember my parents being truly happy and in love. They separated in 2000, when I was 13. Prior to them separating, my dad was overseas with work. when we moved to Alberta Canada I knew that there was something going on. My mom went back to work and I (at 8 years old) became the main caregiver for my younger brother who was 6 at the time. In the 5th grade, my dad was home on leave and him and my mom were in the basement and they called me and my brother down and told us that they were getting divorced, I said that I was pretty sure that that was what they were going to say. At the end of that school year we moved to Edmonton and I had to grow up fast. After I met my current BF that I have been with I asked my mom if she would support me or my brother if we were to get married (she has said that getting married is a stupid decision- since she got divorce) and she said that she would support it. Both my parent has missed out on major events in my life and I have missed out on things in their lives as well.

well practically all my life my parents have been seperated and know that im older my mother told us the only reason she put up with him was because she did not want us to grow up without a dad like she did. And it was very hard seeing them fight every single day even to this day they still talk and they will still get into arguments and it just breaks my heart cuz i would have loved having a perfect mom and dad whos dad actually paid attention to his kids but i never got that and know that i think about it it has made me stronger and i've learned from my mothers mistakes and realized you do not need a guy whos going to hurt you emotionally and physically just because hes your childs father you can do it on your own and i think thats why god made me and my siblings go through what we went through so we would learn from it and be better people in life and yah thats my story ¯`°¤.¸.¤ CATHY ¯`°¤.¸.¤

I have not been in a divorce with my parents, but i have had to watch my sisters go through it, and its really hard to sit there and tell give them advise even though i havent gone through it. And now it feels like im loosing my sister b'cuz she wants to move in with her dad now :(

My parents seperated when I was about 3 years old. My mother got remarried and the man adopted both my brother and myself. We grew up thinking that our father never wanted us, never wanted to see us. My step-father treated me like I was the outcast in the family. Every fight they had, he blamed it on me. He made me believe that I was an awful child. I dated guys that were just like him. I finally made the decision to try once more to find a good guy. My husband and myself met at a critical time in my life. I had considered suicide and have even tried to runaway. With his help and the help of a counselor, I started to feel better about myself. We got married a month after graduation. This past summer, my biological brother died in a car wreck. The night of his visitation, I met my biological father. I have had a relationship with him for the past 6 months or so. He has made me understand things that it was not my fault that he had to leave and that my step-father was wrong to blame me. Because of my father, I am more confident and happy in life but especially in my marriage. I love my parents all of them and though I miss my little brother terribly, the best thing was that I found my father.

wow, i can relate. my parents are getting a divorce as a type. it has been going on for a year now. my dad was an alcoholic as long as i can remember, and i knew it was coming. they fight, what do you know, its about money. my dad refuses to pay for our health care, and a lot more. my mom was a house mom and now she goes back to school all day to get a medical degree. i feel like this all has affected me more than i wish. i am a lot more mature than my age... (13), i have grown up with a parent (dad) who wasn't much like a dad ever to me, other than supporting me with money. i am only 13 so these are just assumptions of how this will affect me. but i know a lot more than a should. i hear about my moms feelings 24/7. its not fun. i just pray this will end soon, because it ruins my relationships with both my parents every second of this process :(

ok when i was in first grade when my parents split they fought so much it took 4 years for the divorce to go though and 6 years later there still filing papers they dont talk to eatchother at all iam 14 now and i feel like i have one pearent! not two but one i feel that when iam at my moms that she is the only one i have but when i go to my dads i feel the same but think he is the only one i have its so hard because my dad cant satnd to hear my moms name he just laughs when he does and says that she cheated witch the fact is that she didnt and says thing and my mom she blames everything on him i know this has affected my life because now i because now i cant look at them the same and i cant remmember the feeling of having the both pearnts by me and it just dont feel like i have a accuale family i miss it all this all made me a harder person to get along with and it doesnt hel when my mom is ingaged agin and i dont like her soon to be husband its so occword me and him do not talk to eatchother at all and my dad recently disided to date but he said to me that he wanted to be a "jigalow" but the girl part kinda and he comes to me for girl advice and i tell him what to think witch dosnt bother me but some times it hurts me

My parents split up when I was 6. My dad started dating again as soon as he moved out. He told me lies about my mom and that she didn't want to try to fix it. He made me hate her, when really it was his fault. He was abusive mentally, physically and emotionally. He made my mom feel stupid because he was "always right". He moved to Arizona when I was 8 to be with his girlfriend, he told my 3 siblings and I that it was what God wanted. A year later they got married, she is 16 years younger then him. They moved to Idaho about a year later so she could go back to school. They started over with a family and they now have 3 kids, so my dad has a total of 7 kids. My step mom doesn't like us and when I would go visit I wouldn't feel welcome in their home at all. I grew up without a dad because my mom never got remarried. It has affected me because now I struggle with feeling like I need a guy in my life to be complete. I recently found out that my ex of about 6 months was cheating on me with multiple people our whole relationship. He knew about my family problems yet still did that to me. I know that it wasn't my fault, but its hard not to think what is wrong with me? Why has every guy that has ever been important in my life hurt me?...anyways, divorce sucks and I hope that never happens to me.

my parents had been devorved sence i was 7. and i didn't think i really liked or loved my dad.he is a good person but he didn't know how to love me.some times he has problem expressing himself,or somethtimes he just choose not to show what he's relly thinking.he would hit me when i do something he thinks is not right,so im still afraid of him right now even know he lives in China.(i came to America in 2006 with my mother)i miss him but i am glad that i'm not with him.i have problem to really open my heart and talk to my mom.i am a very very shy girl in school,and have few friends.(i'm 15 yrs old i turn 16 in march 4th,i'm in 10th grade)my mind is so much more older than i look and comparing to other kids my age.i am very emotional and i cry, get jumpy easily. i am very very sensitive. a lota times i can't sleep at night beacause i think too much about the things that had happend during the day.