A Child's Perspective: Navigating Split Parents

Amarien Madalena

Jemez Pueblo

Fig. Valentin, Poposki. “Pueblo of Jemez,” 24 October 2022

Research Log 1

Sharing One Skin

By Jeannette Armstrong

¨ Sharing One Skin ¨ Jeannette Armstrong, an Okanagan member, explains the deep connection to people and the land. about what community is, the connection, and belonging to our communities. Our community, language, and prayers identify who we are and where we come from. She talks about the four capacities, which are the physical, emotional, thinking-intellectual, and spiritual selves connect us all to be human. Crises like worldwide disasters can help build community. Without connection to our community could lead to dehumanization.

Armstrong, Jeannette. 1996 ¨Sharing One Skin: The Okanagan Community.¨ pg. 460-470 in Jerry Mander and Edward Goldsmith (eds.), The Case Against the Global Economy, San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books.

How place names impact the way we see landscape

By B. Toastie

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Research Log 2

The Long History Of Seperating Families In The U.S. And How The Trauma Lingers

By Jessica Pryce

This article talked about how separating families was first introduced. These were during the Indian Boarding Schools, the Trail of Tears, the Indian Removal Act, Slavery, and the Japanese Internment Camps. In today's society, there are still events like ICE and the Foster Care System that affect families. All these events have impacted many families, causing multigenerational trauma, anger, violence, and shame. The trauma leaves those who have encountered these events with a deep physical and psychological impact that carries with them.

Pryce, J. (2018). The long history of separating families in the US and how the trauma lingers, The Conversation. https://doi.org/10.64628/dai.5nvcyy463

Maternal History Of Parentification, Maternal Warm Responsiveness, And Children's Externalizing Behavior

By Amy K. Nutall et al

The article tells the history behind destructive parentification. A mother who has experienced destructive parentification was less likely to respond with warmth and acceptance of their own child. Poor maternal wamr responsiveness can have a negative reult to children which they will have poor social skills. An absent father can have negative outcomes, higher levels of parentification. There can be more issues that can lead to poor parenting, such as domestic violence, SA, or other coercive interaction patterns. Parents who didn't have "good parents" were influenced to parent the same way. Children who take on the parenting role can affect them mentally.

Nuttall, A, K., Valentino, K, and Barkowski, J. G. (2012) Maternal history of parentification, maternal warm responsiveness, and children's externalizing behavior. Journal of Family Psychology, 26(5) 767-775. https://doi.org/10.1037//a0029470

Current State

Madalena, Amarien. "Nature," 14 August 2025.

Exploring Strategies to Support Adolescent Mental Health Parental Divorce: A Scoping Review

By: Rich, E.

This research gave an insight into existing research on strategies and interventions designed to support the mental health of adolescents after their parents' divorce. The author does point out that while parental divorce is common and often a stressful event, it is linked to negative outcomes. Few studies focus specifically on how to help adolescents cope. There are a few programs that focus on divorce, but few discuss creatively combining expressive techniques and group work. Several intervention programs have been developed and directed at adolescents of divorced parents.

Rich, E.; Butler-Kruger, L.; Roman, N. Exploring Strategies to Support Adolescent Mental Health after Parental Divorce: A Scoping Review. Youth 2023, 3, 428–436. https://doi.org/10.3390/ youth3010029

Madalena, Amarien. "Nature," 18 October 2023

School-Based Mindfulness Enhances Psychological Well-Being in Adolescents after Parental Divorce: A Systematic Review

By: Achir Yani S Hamid

This article talked about how school based mindfulness programs (SBMP's) help students manage stress, improve emotional regulation, and enhance mental well-being. The authors have found that consistent evidence that mindfulness interventions delivered in schools are associated with improvements in psychological well-being and reductions in systems like depression, anxiety, and emotional distress. It also talked about how efficient these programs are and help students keep up their grades in school and engage in activities.

School-Based Mindfulness Enhances Psychological Well-Being in Adolescents after Parental Divorce: A Systematic Review Slametiningsih🖂1,2), Achir Yani S Hamid3), Imami Nur Rachmah3), Mustikasari3), Raden Irawati Ismail4). (2025, January).

Global Connections

Barnes, Miranda, and Manya Koetse. “Divorce Boom After Gaokao: When Exams Are Over, Chinese Parents Finally File for Divorce.” What’s on Weibo, 11 June 2023, www.whatsonweibo.com/divorce-boom-after-gaokao-when-exams-are-over-chinese-parents-finally-file-for-divorce.

Impact of Parents´ Divorce on Chinese Children: A Model with Academic Performance as a Mediator:

By: Anqi Xu

This report discusses how children cope with stress when their parents divorce and how they lean on doing better in academics to boost their self-esteem. In the Chinese society, they don't believe in ¨parental absence¨ and they would call families ¨dysfunctional families.¨ They only had sympathy for children who had parents who had passed on. The report had stated that marital conflicts have a really bad impact on children, especially when children witness their parents physically fighting or arguing.

Xu, Kaisheng. (2024). Impact of Divorce on Children in China. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media. 33. 158-163. 10.54254/2753-7048/33/20231614.

Senate Unanimously Passes Resolution Recognizing May as AANHPI Heritage Month, 30 May 2025, kauainownews.com/2025/05/30/senate-unanimously-passes-resolution-recognizing-may-as-aanhpi-heritage-month.

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander children in foster care: A descriptive study of an overlooked child welfare population:

By: Joyce Lee

In this report, NHPI children were placed in foster care because of parental neglect. Children were usually put with relatives, but mainly with non-relatives. Relatives do not get any financial support, and many children live in homes without foster payments. Relatives don't mind if they have to take care of the children without financial support, but they are honored because of their values. ´Ohana is what they believe in, and if they want the children to know who they are, it comes from the family to teach them.

Lee, Joyce. Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Children in Foster Care: A Descriptive Study of an Overlooked Child Welfare Population. Children and Youth Services Review, Oct. 2022.

Canadian Children Immigration.jpg - Wikimedia Commons. 1 July 1999, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canadian_Children_Immigration.jpg.

After the Split: Why Post-Divorce Instability Can Leave a Deeper Mark on a Child Than Conflict in Intact Canadian Homes:

By: Alana Kim

This article mentions different types of attachments children develop. Children can have a hard time adjusting to two routines in different houses. Children become more sensitive to tone and body language as they get used to hearing a lot of arguments. It is hard for children to focus in school, do daily tasks, and act out. At the end of the article, one quote really stood out to me ¨For parents reading this and trying to decide whether to stay or leave, the message is not that there is one universally correct answer, but that stability and emotional safety both matter deeply.¨

Kim, Alana. “After the Split: Why Post-Divorce Instability Can Leave a Deeper Mark on a Child than Conflict in Intact Canadian Homes.” Capstone, 2026.

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