The main aim of this graduation thesis is to research a child's acceptance of parents' divorce. In the theoretical introduction, I defined what is divorce. Then I defined the concept of biggest interest for a child, and I listed some of the most important articles for my theme from the Convention of children's rights. I was interested to know what the feeling of guilt is and if it appears when a child is going through the process of parents' divorce. I also described parents' behaviour concerning divorce and children, how a child is accepting parents' divorce, how a child reacts regarding divorce, what consequences the divorce has on a child, and how (or if) the child's age influence his acceptance of divorce. I also described a child's informal social networks, which informal social networks are the most important for a child, and how they impact a child's acceptance of divorce. At the end of the theoretical introduction, I described school counselling and the centre of social work, and how they impact a child's acceptance of divorce. I chose this topic because, in the course of my practical studies and reading the literature, I often wondered how involved professionals really are in the process of a child's acceptance of his parents' divorce. During my practical studies, I often had the feeling that children are very little involved in the counselling process, even though practitioners have all the powers to involve them. The research is quantitative, descriptive and explorative. In my research participated 106 adult residents of the Republic of Slovenia, whose parents divorced when they were at the age between 6 and 15. They filled in a network questionnaire with 17 questions. I analysed their responses, and I checked my hypothesis. I refuted 2 hypotheses and I confirmed 2 hypotheses. I found out that a quarter of respondents did feel guilty for their parent's divorce, that older children accept their parent's divorce harder, that more than half of respondents thought that informal social networks were important for their acceptance of parent's divorce and that more than half respondent wish they had more professional help. Then I also added the discussion, conclusions, and annexes at the end. The suggestions I have made are to interview children with a recent divorce experience, and to explore further from the parents' point of view. Suggestions for practitioners are to have at least one meeting with the child of divorced parents, and to provide information and support to parents in the preliminary counselling.
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