How To Handle Your Parents' Divorce: For Kids, Teens, And Adult Children Divorce isn't linear, and it tends to be very circumstantial. For some kids, the secondhand experiences of emotional baggage and stressors that come with their parents' divorce help them cultivate empathy, emotional intelligence, and personal growth. For others, it becomes their detriment that leads them down an unproductive path. Divorce affects everyone; there are plenty of ripple effects. Learn how to cope, manage, and thrive during a divorce without losing yourself to grief, anger, bitterness, and emotional turbulence throughout the process.