How do Teens Deal with Divorce?

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

Many changes happen when parents of a teenager go through divorce. He or she may have to deal with unpleasant feelings of the mom or dad towards each other, changing schools, or even moving homes.

Money matters may change a lot too. For example, a non-working parent may need to pay for mortgage or rent. Therefore, he or she should go out and find a job. Maybe this could be something that the parent is excited about. At the same time, however, it can also be pressuring and nerve-wracking.

Added to these are the expenses incurred during the divorce, starting from attorneys’ fees to other incidental court expenses. As a result, the teens should understand that the family may not afford some things that they used to have before.

Furthermore, practical or social challenges include traveling between parents and creating a new schedule routine. Attorneys know that the parents need to go to court and determine custody arrangements. This seems to be the most difficult change in the life of a teen. Eventually, the teen may have to accept these changes in the long run. And how they cope with this stress depends on their situation, personality, and support network.

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High school student pulled over extreme speeding and DUI

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

The Chicago Tribune reported a story that a high school student was recently pulled over after police noticed the car was going 118 m.p.h. near Merrillville, IN.  The 17 year-old girl told the police she was in a extreme rush because she was going to be late for her classes in the school.

According to the one independant police report, the actual girl, who was driving a red 2000 Toyota Celica vehicle, was pulled over for doing slalom driving in traffic.  The police officer has detected the bitter smell of alcohol and substance.  During a breathalyzer test, the girl finally showed or registered way higher than normal alcohol level reading in blood it was shown to be .08 percent.  She was later finally arrested for operating or driving a vehicle when being seriously intoxicated and fined/ticketed for extreme, reckless and unsafe driving also she has been charged with the unsafe lane movement and speeding while not having a valid driver’s license to begin in her possession.

Tags: dui and reckless driving, DUI Driving, high school student, reckless driving, teens
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