Parental divorce affects the life of a child. The effects of parental divorce depends on a number of factors including age, sex, the amount of conflict within the family unit and the degree of cooperation between the divorced or separated parents. (Potter, 2010) The way in which parents interact with each other both before and after divorce may have serious consequences on the child than what is mostly conceived. Most of the researches agree that children who have experienced family break ups have difficulties with behavior in and outside of school. Other researchers also reiterate the fact that they also struggle to cope academically than those children coming from intact families. According to Solis and Gasteazoro(1992), divorce is referred to as, “ the legal separation of spouses, effected by the judgment or decree of court, either totally dissolving the marriage relation or suspending its effects so far as concerns the cohabitation of the parties” (p. 112) Research has proved that divorce has an extra-ordinary impact in children. However, there is still a lot of debate whether what really affects these children’s coping, behavior and, and resilient attitude is only confined to the circumstances that surround the child after divorce. Children suffer and experience a lot of pain because of divorce. The lack created by the loss of both parents and the instability created bring about unexpected changes in the lives of children. Divorce brings about change in family structures, routine, schools and even friends. These children have to confront a lot of stressing situations. Their emotional well-being is greatly affected by their parents’ level of adjustment, parental competence, and post-divorce parental challenges. The combination of these experiences which are not expected in the lives of children put them in a position where they have to deal with psychological hardships and a number of disturbing feelings which may affect